Research on the Base Rate in Connection with the Representativeness

question 83

Multiple Choice

Research on the base rate in connection with the representativeness heuristic has demonstrated that

• A)people pay too much attention to the base rate in making probability judgments.
• B)people often reach the correct decision when the question is worded differently.
• C)training sessions are generally unsuccessful at getting students to use base-rate information appropriately.
• D)the conjunction fallacy explains why people pay so little attention to the base rate.

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