Colette Received an Unusually High Grade of a on Her

question 11

Multiple Choice

Colette received an unusually high grade of A on her first biology test and a B+ on the second,even though she studied equally for both tests.Which of the following best explains Colette's deteriorating pattern of performance?

• A) illusory correlation
• B) the illusion of control
• C) the random sampling effect
• D) regression toward the mean

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