Which Scenario Would Most Likely Be Attributed to the Availability

question 122

Multiple Choice

Which scenario would most likely be attributed to the availability heuristic?

• A)People overestimate the wealth of a person after hearing a ridiculously high estimate.
• B)People are more likely to overestimate the age of males who have beards.
• C)Whales are falsely thought to be fish because they look like fish.
• D)Students who live on college campuses underestimate the average age of the general population.

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it marks the boundary for deciding whether an observed test statistic is extreme.

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistical testing that assumes no significant difference or relationship exists between specified populations.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, commonly used to measure the precision of the sample mean estimate.

Population Average

The mean of all observations or values in a population.