Question

The effect of the emotion of guilt on how a decision maker focuses on a problem was investigated in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (January 2007). A total of 155 volunteer students participated in the experiement, where each was randomly assigned to one of three emotional states (guilt, anger, or neutral) through a reading/writing task. Immediately after the task, the students were presented with a decision problem (e.g., whether or not to spend money on repairing a very old car). The researchers found that a higher proportion of students in the guilty-state group chose not to repair the car than those in the neutral-state and angerstate groups.
a. Identify the population, sample, and variables measured for this study.

b. Identify the data collection method used.

c. What inference was made by the researcher?

d. In later chapters you will learn that the reliability of an inference is related to the size of the sample used.

e. In addition to sample size, what factors might affect the reliability of the inference drawn in this study?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanatdion:

A. The population is All Students

Sample used is 155 volunteered students

Variable used are the emotional states(Guilt, Anger, Neutral)

B. Designed experiment. Its a type of experiment whereby a particular rule or method is imposed on some set of samples.

C. He found out that your emotional state affects decision making. In this case more of those in the guilt state refused to repair the old vehicle.

E. The method used, in this case, students were subjected to only reading and writing methods. Other methods should be used to check its reliability.