According to the Authors of Your Text,one Hazard of Relying

question 35

Multiple Choice

According to the authors of your text,one hazard of relying too heavily on folk wisdom is that

• A)it is impossible to agree on what is "common sense."
• B)"common sense" is frequently wrong or oversimplified.
• C)"common sense" is useless to most social psychologists.
• D)journalists and other communicators of "common sense" information are hopelessly biased.

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Definitions:

F Distribution

A probability distribution used in statistics, especially in analysis of variance (ANOVA), to determine the variance among sample means.

Parameters

In statistics, parameters are numerical characteristics that describe and summarize features of a population.

Student t Distribution

A probability distribution used in significance testing, especially useful with small sample sizes or unknown population variances.

Symmetrical

A shape or object that is exactly the same on both sides of a dividing line or around a center point.