Which of the Following Best Explains Why Women Fear Being

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains why women fear being assaulted by a stranger more than by an acquaintance,even though the opposite is more often the reality?

• A)The base-rate fallacy
• B)The availability heuristic
• C)Counterfactual thinking
• D)The misinformation effect

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the spread or variability among a set of numbers, showing the degree to which these numbers vary from their average.

Unbiased Estimates

Statistical estimates or predictions that are accurate on average over a number of samples.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points used in a sample for the purposes of statistical analysis.

Mean Deviation

A measure of the average distance between each data point in a set and the mean of the data set, reflecting the dispersion or spread.