Belief in the Law of Small Numbers Is a Common

question 22

Multiple Choice

Belief in the law of small numbers is a common decision-making bias that occurs when a psychologist trusts

• A)the results of a large research sample over a small sample.
• B)information obtained from a small sample of patients over larger research samples.
• C)information from colleagues over research results.
• D)the results of a small research sample as long as several studies have been conducted.

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Correlation

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