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VaiRosetonny Kinemoa
on Dec 23, 2024
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Esteban refuses to be persuaded by an advertiser's claim that people using their brand of gasoline average 50 miles per gallon. His decision probably is based on
A) the possibility that the average is the mean,which could be artificially inflated by a few extreme scores.
B) the absence of information about the size of the sample studied.
C) the absence of information about the variation in sample scores.
D) all of these things.
Artificially Inflated
A condition where value, numbers, or effects are increased beyond their true or natural level, often due to intervention or manipulation.
Advertiser's Claim
A statement made by advertisers to promote the benefits or advantages of a product or service.
Average
A statistical measure representing the central or typical value in a set of data, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.
- Understand the importance of sample size and representativeness in generalizing findings to the population.
- Recognize misconceptions and biases in understanding statistical information, such as illusory correlation and regression toward the mean.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the importance of sample size and representativeness in generalizing findings to the population.
- Recognize misconceptions and biases in understanding statistical information, such as illusory correlation and regression toward the mean.