If Someone Estimates That More People Die from Plane Crashes

question 7

Multiple Choice

If someone estimates that more people die from plane crashes than from car accidents each year based on that person's exposure to typical media coverage of these two events, then the estimate of that person is:

• A) inaccurate based on representativeness.
• B) inaccurate based on availability.
• C) probably incorrect based on an illusory correlation.
• D) correct based on what is expected from probability theory and base rate data.

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