The Tendency to Estimate the Frequency of an Event by How

question 27

Multiple Choice

The tendency to estimate the frequency of an event by how readily it comes to mind is referred to as

• A) explicit bias.
• B) the just-world phenomenon.
• C) the availability heuristic.
• D) ingroup bias.

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Definitions:

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set of numbers.

Freshmen

First-year students in a secondary or post-secondary educational institution.

Probability

The evaluation of how probable an event is, shown as a numerical value between 0 and 1, where 0 stands for the event being impossible and 1 representing absolute certainty of the event occurring.

Sample Mean

The sample mean is the average value of a sample set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values in the sample by the number of values.