In one study, people were asked whether English words that begin with the letter "k" were more common than English words with "k" as the third letter. Most people incorrectly stated that words beginning with the letter "k" were more common. This may have occurred because it is relatively easy to think of words that start with the letter "k" and relatively difficult to think of words with "k" as
the third letter. The results of this study support the view that people often use:
a. the availability heuristic when they are making probability estimates
b. the representativeness heuristic when they are making probability estimates
c. anchoring and adjustment to make probability estimates
d. work backward incorrectly when attempting to solve the problem
A
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Random assignment:
a. eliminates differences among people b. ensures research participants do not know one another c. does not eliminate differences among people d. ensures research participants know one another
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