Statisticians Persi Diaconis and Frederick Mosteller commented,"But with a large enough sample,any outrageous thing is likely to happen." What were they referring to?

A) hindsight bias
B) overconfidence
C) scientific inquiry
D) perceiving patterns in random events

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Diaconis and Mosteller are referring to the fact that when dealing with large samples, the chance of rare or unusual events happening becomes more likely. People may mistakenly perceive patterns in these random events and draw incorrect conclusions.

Statisticians Persi Diaconis and Frederick Mosteller commented,"But with a large enough sample,any outrageous thing is likely to happen." What were they referring to?

A) hindsight bias
B) overconfidence
C) scientific inquiry
D) perceiving patterns in random events

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Statisticians Persi Diaconis and Frederick Mosteller commented,"But with a large enough sample,any outrageous thing is likely to happen." What were they referring to?A) hindsight biasB) overconfidenceC) scientific inquiryD) perceiving patterns in random events

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Statisticians Persi Diaconis and Frederick Mosteller commented,"But with a large enough sample,any outrageous thing is likely to happen." What were they referring to?

A) hindsight bias
B) overconfidence
C) scientific inquiry
D) perceiving patterns in random events