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Gambler’s Fallacy
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1Basing an argument on statistics is considered the Gambler’s fallacy.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2The [blank_start]gambler's[blank_end] fallacy is the belief that the [blank_start]probability[blank_end] for an outcome after a series of outcomes is not the same as the probability for a single outcome.
- Agambler's
- Bprobability
3What could you add to make this statement non fallacious?
- The sun rose yesterday and I ___ it will rise again tomorrow.- AAm sure
- BAm definitely sure
- CAm certain
4Is the gambler’s fallacy a cognitive bias?
- ATrue
- BFalse
5The Gambler’s fallacy has multiple different names which one of these were based on the history of the actual fallacy.
- AThe probability fallacy.
- BThe Monte Carlo fallacy.
- CThe Casino fallacy
6The farmer next door has periodically come to my residence everyday to retrieve a rogue lamb. He always arrives at 9am on Saturday and leaves at 10:30am. The farmer has always done this for the whole time I have lived here, except for a few times. The farmer will arrive again next Saturday.
Is this statement fallacious?- ATrue
- BFalse
7Every year geese migrate across contents to reach their new home. After careful study and observation I have deduced that the number of flocks increases two fold every year, I am fairly certain that next year the number of geese will increase again. My friend Carl however (As dumb as he is) believes it is just a coincidence, I have decided not to worry about his argument.
Is this statement…- AFallacious
- BNon-Fallacious
- CBoth
8The Gambler’s fallacy centres around probability and the misunderstanding of it, leading to fallacious arguments.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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