Due to a recent increase of school shootings, one high school principal has decided to enlist a profiler to attempt to determine which students are at risk to commit a school shooting. The profiler provides the principal with a list of students said to be at risk. According to information presented in Chapter 3, which of the following is a potential problem with this procedure?
A. Low base rates can lead to overprediction.
B. High base rates can lead to overprediction.
C. Low base rates can lead to underprediction.
D. none of the above is a problem as profiling has not been used for school shootings
A
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