Research shows that people tend to engage in fewer cognitive errors and biases in everyday thinking ____

a. as a result of having had graduate training involving statistical reasoning, but not when they are simply encouraged to carefully consider different alternatives
b. when they are encouraged to carefully consider different alternatives, but not as a result of having had graduate training involving statistical reasoning
c. both as a result of graduate training involving statistical reasoning, and when they are encouraged to carefully consider different alternatives
d. neither as a result of having had graduate training involving statistical reasoning, nor when they are encouraged to carefully consider different alternatives


C

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