Imagine that your friend James has just taken up the habit of smoking cigars because he thinks it makes him look cool. You are concerned about the detrimental effects of smoking on his health, and you raise that concern to him. James gets a bit annoyed with your criticism and says, "My grandfather smoked cigars, and he lived to be 100!" You might point out that a major problem with his argument involves
A. framing.
B. the conjunction rule.
C. sample size.
D. none of these
Answer: C
Psychology
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a. ?fewer than 50 b. ?50 to 75 c. ?76 to 100 d. ?more than 100
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