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imanialler

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When subjects are told the number of engineers in a sample of 100 people and are given a personality description of an individual from that sample, they estimate the probability that the selected individual is an engineer by using
 
  a. the number of engineers in the sample.
  b. the personality description.
  c. Both the number of engineers in the sample and the personality description
  d. Neither the number of engineers in the sample nor the personality description

Question 2

Research on the perception of randomness has shown that people
 
  a. correctly judge that the sequence of boy/girl births in the sequence BBBGGG is more likely than the sequence GBBGBG.
  b. incorrectly judge that the sequence BBBGGG is more likely than the sequence GBBGBG.
  c. correctly judge that the sequence GBBGBG is more likely than the sequence BBBGGG.
  d. incorrectly judge that the sequence GBBGBG is more likely than the sequence BBBGGG.


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amanda_14

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D


imanialler

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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