Nuclear Weapons Freeze Narrative

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Nuclear Weapons Freeze Narrative
A group in favour of freezing production of nuclear weapons believes that the proportion of individuals in favour of a nuclear freeze is greater for those who have seen the movie "The Day After" (population 1) than those who have not (population 2). In an attempt to verify this belief, random samples of size 500 are obtained from the populations of interest. Among those who had seen "The Day After," 228 were in favour of a freeze. For those who had not seen the movie, 196 favoured a freeze.
-Refer to Environment Canada Project Narrative. Compute the value of the test statistic.

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Definitions:

Robert Zajonc

A psychologist known for his work on the mere-exposure effect and social facilitation, focusing on the interplay between feeling and thinking.

Emotion Precedes Cognition

The theory or observation that emotional responses can occur independently and prior to cognitive processing of a stimulus or situation.

Spillover Effect

refers to the phenomenon where an occurrence in one domain of life affects another, for example, stress from work impacting family life.

Arousal Associated

Related to a condition of heightened physiological and psychological activity or alertness.