A Coin Has Been Tossed Six Times, and Has Landed

question 48

Multiple Choice

A coin has been tossed six times, and has landed on "heads" five out of the six times. Haley comments that the coin must not be a fair coin, but Zhanna says that this conclusion is unwarranted. Haley has fallen victim to the

• A) small-sample fallacy.
• B) base rate fallacy.
• C) anchoring and adjustment heuristic.
• D) false algorithm.

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