Research on Gambling Has Found That Throwing the Dice or Spinning

question 27

Multiple Choice

Research on gambling has found that throwing the dice or spinning the wheel increases people's confidence. This illustrates the

• A) illusory correlation.
• B) illusion of control.
• C) representative heuristic.
• D) availability heuristic.

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Definitions:

Grouped Frequency Distribution

A way of summarizing data by grouping values together into classes or intervals and displaying the count of data points within each class.

Interval

A type of variable measurement scale that represents ordered categories with equal distances between adjacent categories but no true zero point.

Ratio

A quantitative relationship between two numbers showing how many times the first number contains the second.

Pie Chart

A circular statistical graphic which is divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportion.