Advanced Topic: the Value of the Harmonic Mean

question 10

Multiple Choice

Advanced topic: The value of the harmonic mean

• A)is disproportionately influenced by smaller numbers (meaning,smaller sample sizes).
• B)is disproportionately influenced by larger numbers (meaning,larger sample sizes).
• C)is equidistant from both group sizes.
• D)cannot be determined without more information.

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Definitions:

Upward Counterfactual

An imagined alternative in which the outcome is better than what actually happened.

Misinformation Effect

The phenomenon where people's memories of an event can be influenced by incorrect information presented after the event, leading to false recollections.

Priming

The process by which exposure to a stimulus in the environment increases the salience of a schema.

Counterfactual Thinking

The mental process of imagining alternative outcomes to events that have already occurred.