Research on the Ability to See and Apply Analogies Between

question 49

Multiple Choice

Research on the ability to see and apply analogies between the "radiation problem" (tumor problem) and the attack problem indicates that

• A)people commonly miss the analogy with or without a hint.
• B)people easily see the connection between the problems,and use it to solve the second one.
• C)people rarely see the connection between the problems unless they're given a hint;then,they usually do make the connection.
• D)analogies only work with complex problems,not simple ones.

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Definitions:

F-distributed

Refers to having a probability distribution known as the F-distribution, often used in the analysis of variance.

Chi-squared Variables

Random variables that follow a chi-squared distribution, often used in tests of statistical significance for categorical data.

Normal Populations

Refers to populations that follow a bell-shaped distribution curve, indicating a normal distribution of data.

Variance

A measure of variability that indicates the average squared deviation of each number from the mean of a data set, showing how spread out the data points are.