When We Set Goals and Incentives to Promote a Desired

question 54

Multiple Choice

When we set goals and incentives to promote a desired behavior, but they encourage a negative one, the cause of the resulting unethical behavior is called:

• A) Ill-conceived goals
• B) Motivated blindness
• C) Indirect blindness
• D) The slippery slope
• E) Overvaluing outcomes

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

presents a statement for testing, asserting no association or effect between variables.

Population Mean

The average of a set of data points or values in a population, calculated by summing all the data points and dividing by the number of points.

Sample Mean

The average value calculated from a subset of a population.

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that proposes there is a statistically significant difference between two variables, contrasted with the null hypothesis.