After attending a sporting event in which a top-ranked team...

After attending a sporting event in which a top-ranked team is surprisingly beaten by an inferior opponent, a fan says, "I knew that was going to happen." This is an example of: confirmation bias. the representative heuristic. the availability heuristic. hindsight bias.

Suppose that a magazine predicted that Candidate A would defeat Candidate B in a certain election. They conducted a poll of its subscribers with a response rate of 24%. On the basis of the results, the magazine predicted that Candidate A would win with 57% of the popular vote. However, Candidate B won the election with about 62% of the popular vote. At the time of this poll, most subscribers to the magazine belonged to the party of Candidate A. Name two biases that led to this incorrect prediction. Choose the correct answer below. A. Nonresponse bias: The low response rate caused bias. Response bias: The way the poll was administered showed bias. B. Sampling bias: Using an incorrect frame led to undercoverage. Nonresponse bias: The low response rate caused bias. C. Sampling bias: Using an incorrect frame led to undercoverage. Response bias: The way the poll was administered showed bias.

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After attending a sporting event in which a top-ranked team is surprisingly beaten by an inferior opponent, a fan says, "I knew that was going to happen." This is an example of: confirmation bias. the representative heuristic. the availability heuristic. hindsight bias.

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