A surgeon is reviewing the chances of success for two surgical procedures and says that if Procedure A is used, the chances of survival are 35%. If Procedure B is used, the chances of failure are 65%
What will patients tend to do when faced with this type of information?
a) They will make risk-averse decisions and select Procedure A.
b) They will tend to rely on the representativeness heuristic in making their decisions.
c) They will not recognize that the two items are identical and will select Procedure B.
d) They will focus on the size of the number associated with Procedure B and select it.
A
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