The Base Rate Fallacy Is an Error Resulting from the Use

question 28

Multiple Choice

The base rate fallacy is an error resulting from the use of which heuristic?

• A) the availability heuristic
• B) the representativeness heuristic
• C) the anchoring heuristic
• D) the false-consensus effect

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