Why Would a Race Track of All Places Be an Excellent

question 113

Multiple Choice

Why would a race track of all places be an excellent place to conduct research on post-decision dissonance?

• A)The odds are against inexperienced bettors,but experienced bettors are more likely to win money than to lose it.
• B)It's a place where the consequences of both revocable and irrevocable decisions can be systematically studied.
• C)Trainers,owners,and jockeys have invested a lot of time and effort to breed and train a winner.
• D)A lot of people go to watch the races,but not everyone believes that betting is moral.
• E)It is a large random sample of people.

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