A Survey Among Tenants of Shared Apartments Asked Each Tenant

question 14

Multiple Choice

A survey among tenants of shared apartments asked each tenant what percentage of the cleaning around the apartment he or she does.The survey found that aggregating the percentages for each apartment produces an average of much more than 100%.This result may be due to what bias?

• A)Ease of recall.
• B)Insensitivity to sample size.
• C)Insensitivity to base rates.
• D)The conjunction fallacy.

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