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

question 141

Multiple Choice

When baseball's rookie-of-the-year has a more ordinary second year,we should not 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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