Anytime Ted Analyzes a Proposed Project,he Always Assigns a Much

question 17

Multiple Choice

Anytime Ted analyzes a proposed project,he always assigns a much higher probability of success to the project than is warranted by the information he has gathered.Ted suffers from which one of the following?

• A)frame dependence
• B)overconfidence
• C)gambler's fallacy
• D)confirmation bias
• E)overoptimism

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Definitions:

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