What Is the Appropriate Sampling Interval for Drawing a Systematic

question 28

Multiple Choice

What is the appropriate sampling interval for drawing a systematic sample of 25 participants from 200 women who had breast enhancement surgery in the course of a particular year at a specific medical centre?

• A) Every fourth patient
• B) Every fifth patient
• C) Every eighth patient
• D) Every tenth patient

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Definitions:

Just World

The belief that the world is fundamentally fair and individuals get what they deserve.

Group Polarisation

The tendency for a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members.

Intergroup Attribution

Process of assigning the cause of one’s own or others’ behaviour to group membership.

Ultimate Attribution Error

A cognitive bias where people attribute the positive behaviors of their own group to stable, internal characteristics and negative behaviors of out-groups to their inherent characteristics.