When Baseball's Rookie-Of-The-Year Has a More Ordinary Second Year, We

question 126

Multiple Choice

When baseball's rookie-of-the-year has a more ordinary second year, we shouldn't be surprised. This fact is easily explained by

• A) illusory correlations.
• B) the base-rate fallacy.
• C) the illusion of control.
• D) regression toward the average.

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