The Failure to Think Independently and Realistically as a Group

question 29

Multiple Choice

The failure to think independently and realistically as a group because of the desire to enjoy consensus and closeness is called:

• A) subjective rationality.
• B) ecological fallacy.
• C) groupthink.
• D) recency syndrome.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The total number of unique values or amounts that can be given to a statistical distribution.

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the magnitude of a phenomenon or the strength of the relationship between variables.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, typically set at 0.05 or 5%.

Degrees of Freedom

Represents the number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another piece of information or parameter in a dataset.