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lidoalex

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Imagine that your friend James has just taken up the habit of smoking cigars because he thinks it makes him look cool. You are concerned about the detrimental effects of smoking on his health, and you raise that concern to him. James gets a bit annoyed with your criticism and says George Burns smoked cigars, and he lived to be 100 You might point out that a major problem with his George Burns argument involves
 
  a. framing.
  b. the conjunction rule.
  c. sample size.
  d. none of these

Question 2

The conjunction rule states that
 
  a. the probability of two events co-occurring is the sum of the probabilities of each event occurring.
  b. the probability of two events co-occurring is equal to or less than the probability of either event occurring alone.
  c. people make decisions based upon both the costs and benefits of the choices.
  d. people make decisions based upon possible benefits when the choices are framed positively and based upon possible costs when the choices are framed negatively.



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nikmaaacs

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b




lidoalex

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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