Studies of Analogy Use Indicate That Participants

question 18

Multiple Choice

Studies of analogy use indicate that participants

• A)use analogies spontaneously in a wide range of problems.
• B)use analogies only if they are experts in the domain of the problem.
• C)are more likely to use analogies if there is a superficial resemblance between the problem being solved and the problem serving as the base for the analogy.
• D)are more likely to use analogies in solving spatial problems than they are in solving verbal problems.

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Definitions:

Population Means

The averages of different populations, providing a measure of central tendency for each population's data.

Large Samples

Refers to datasets that are sufficiently large to enable statistically meaningful analysis, often used to achieve more accurate estimates of population parameters.

Lower Confidence Bound

The lower limit of a confidence interval, indicating the smallest value that, based on the data, might be considered a plausible estimate of a parameter.

Population Proportions

A statistical measure that represents the fraction or percentage of units in a population that possess a certain trait or characteristic.