Suppose That You Are Out on a Date

question 123

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you are out on a date. Although your date is somewhat entertaining, you keep having intrusive thoughts about the paper that you need to finish writing when you get home. These thoughts are evidence of the ____.

• A)omission bias
• B)panic button effect
• C)Zeigarnik effect
• D)capacity to delay gratification

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Definitions:

Bootstrap Tool

A statistical method or software tool used for estimating the sampling distribution of an estimator by resampling with replacement from the original data.

Crystal Ball

A metaphor often used to describe the unpredictability of future events or outcomes.

Sampling Distributions

Describes the probability distribution of a statistic (like a mean or variance) obtained from a large number of samples drawn from a specific population.

Bootstrap Tool

A statistical method that involves sampling with replacement to estimate quantities about a sample.