You attend a meeting where 50% of the people in attendance are psychology majors, 10% are engineering majors, 20% are business majors, and 20% are pre-law majors. At this meeting, you meet Charles. Charles is wearing a white button-down shirt and a pair of jeans. He wears glasses and he has a calculator in the front pocket of his shirt. If you base your judgment on the base rate, you should guess
that Charles is a(n) ____ major.?
a. ?psychology
b. ?engineering
c. ?business
d. ?pre-law
ANSWER:
a
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