Question 2 students are likely to think that rudy is a trapeze artist, given the particulars of the description because rudy sounds like a good example of the category "unusual people." however, the base rate for surgeons, lawyers, and even farmers and librarians, is much higher than that for circus performers; simply put, there are probably 1000 times as many lawyers in this world as there are trapeze artists. hence, it is much more likely that rudy belongs to that category ("lawyers rather than the one that just happens to fit with quirks of his personality. which heuristic do most students (mis)use when trying to determine rudy's occupation? working backwards from the goal means ends analysis availability heuristic representativeness heuristic

Correct the sentence alice who lived next door goed to a different school

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject.a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher.wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners.acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.

Which member of the president's cabinet is most likely to negotiate a treaty with a foreign country? secretary of the interior secretary of the treasury secretary of defense secretary of state