When Using the Availability Heuristic, People Tend to Judge the Probability

question 24

Multiple Choice

When using the availability heuristic, people tend to judge the probability of an event based on:

• A) the need to be right, which makes it hard to listen to the available information with an open mind.
• B) statistical consideration of the frequency with which the event occurs in everyday life.
• C) the burden of doubt people feel about their abilities to determine probability from available information.
• D) how easy it is to think of examples or instances.

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Definitions:

P-Value

Under the assumption that the null hypothesis is valid, it is the probability of observing test results that are as extreme or even more so than the ones actually observed.

Sample Evidence

Data or material obtained from a select group out of a larger population, used to infer or make generalizations about the population.

Standard Deviation

It quantifies the variability or dispersion across a set of data points by calculating the average distance from the mean for each data point.

Variance

A statistical measure of the spread of a set of scores, calculating the average of the squared differences from the mean.