In a 2008 Study Investigating Whether Direct Experiences with Flooding

question 71

Multiple Choice

In a 2008 study investigating whether direct experiences with flooding influence risk perception found:

• A) flood victims were not more concerned, more informed, or more motivated to engaged in behavior that would help eliminate climate change.
• B) flood victims were more concerned, more informed, and more motivated to engaged in behavior that would help eliminate climate change.
• C) flood victims were less concerned, more informed, and more motivated to engaged in behavior that would help eliminate climate change.
• D) flood victims were more concerned, but less informed, and motivated to engaged in behavior that would help eliminate climate change.

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Definitions:

Two-tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test in which the area of interest is in both tails of the probability distribution, considering both directions of an effect.

Level Of Significance

The threshold used to determine the statistical significance of an observed effect; denoted by alpha, typically set at 0.05 or 5%.

P-value

The chance of obtaining test outcomes that are as drastic as, or more drastic than, the ones actually observed, under the premise that the null hypothesis is right.