A Student Told All of His Friends a Wrong Answer

question 110

Multiple Choice

A student told all of his friends a wrong answer for a subjective test question just before the test.The teacher could find no reference to the answer in the textbook,but since 10 students in the class had put the same answer,he figured it must be right and marked it correct.Which social phenomenon is this an example of?

• A) testing
• B) subjectivity
• C) objectivity
• D) conformity

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Definitions:

P-value

The probability of obtaining the observed results of a test, assuming the null hypothesis is true.

Sample Sizes

The number of observations or datapoints used in a sample for the purpose of statistical analysis.

Average Scores

The mean value obtained by dividing the sum of all scores by the number of scores.