After Working to Solve a Problem for Three Hours, Larry

question 286

Multiple Choice

After working to solve a problem for three hours, Larry has just about "given up" until he suddenly realizes the "perfect" solution and wonders why he did not think of it sooner. Larry has just experienced

• A)inductive thought.
• B)deductive thought.
• C)functional fixedness.
• D)insight.

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Definitions:

Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test

A nonparametric statistical test used to compare two independent samples to determine if they come from the same population or not, based on rank sums.

Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

A non-parametric statistical test used to compare two independent samples to assess whether their populations have identical distribution.

Sign Test

A non-parametric statistical test used to assess the difference between matched pairs of samples when the specific data measurement scale does not meet the requirements for parametric testing.

Binomial Tables

Pre-calculated tables used to find the probability of observing a certain number of successes in a fixed number of binary experiments.