Based on Harold Kelley's Research, If You Are Led to Believe

question 39

Multiple Choice

Based on Harold Kelley's research, if you are led to believe that you are going to hear a lecture given by a warm and friendly instructor, how will this information influence your perception of that instructor?

• A)You may perceive the instructor as warm and friendly, but only if the lecture topic is interesting to you.
• B)You will probably perceive the instructor as being warm and friendly.
• C)You will probably not be affected much by this expectation unless the instructor is, in fact, warm and friendly.
• D)You will probably not be affected unless you are allowed to compare the instructor to one who is cold.

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Definitions:

Inferential Statistics

The field of statistics focused on drawing conclusions or making forecasts about a whole population from a subset of collected data.

Probability

An indicator of how probable an event is, represented numerically between 0 and 1.

Nonrandom Sampling

A sampling technique where the samples are gathered in a process that does not give all the individuals in the population equal chances of being selected.

Sampling Error

Sampling error is the discrepancy between a sample statistic and its corresponding population parameter, caused by selecting a sample rather than conducting a census.