Two Groups of People Are Given Score Sheets of Yesterday's

question 11

Essay

Two groups of people are given score sheets of yesterday's games in a professional league.One group is given the scores of yesterday's games in the National Basketball Association,and the other group is given the scores of yesterday's games in the National Hockey League.The groups are then asked to estimate the average ticket price for a game in the sport of which they read the scores.
How will the two groups differ in their estimates? What bias is responsible for this difference?

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