Suppose you are in an Intro Psych class, and a friend tells you that she has magic
powers.
She goes on to say that she has found out the names of the students who got the
top five scores on the last exam, and that she has hexed them so that they will not do as
well on the second exam. You find out that they did not do as well on the second exam!
Should you be surprised?
(a) yes, because human behavior is not predictable at all
(b) yes, because you don't believe in hexes
(c) no, because you expect such a result due to regression to the mean
(d) no, because she may have influenced them via ESP
C
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