According to the discussion of sample size and representativeness,

a. a small sample is more reliable than a large sample.
b. when a sample is large, people trust the results more than they should.
c. people tend to pay too much attention to the base rate.
d. people frequently commit the small-sample fallacy.

Ans: d

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