Heuristics very often lead to correct conclusions, but they

(a) sometimes lead us to ignore relevant information
(b) too often lead us to pay attention to all 4 cells of the 2 x 2 table
(c) too often lead us to pay attention to the observed effect when the cause is
not present, which leads to erroneous inferences of the lack of a causal
relationship
(d) too often lead us to pay attention to the absence of the effect of interest
when the cause is present, which leads to erroneous inferences of the
absence of a causal relationship


A

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