In a research project for her social psychology class, Ariel performs a conformity study modeled on Asch's work. In her study, Ariel's participants make their response either aloud in the presence of the confederates or privately by checking a box on a response form. In a report of her results, she includes a _____ graph in which the public and private response conditions are shown on the x-axis and a measure of conformity is shown on the y-axis. The y-value for the public condition is _____ than that for the private condition.

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A bar graph is more appropriate for comparing categorical data, which is the case here with the public and private response conditions. The y-value for the public condition is expected to be higher than that for the private condition, as Asch's work has shown that people conform more in public than in private.

In a Research Project for Her Social Psychology Class, Ariel