Question 2 students are likely to think that rudy is a trapeze artist, given the particulars of the description because rudy sounds like a good example of the category "unusual people." however, the base rate for surgeons, lawyers, and even farmers and librarians, is much higher than that for circus performers; simply put, there are probably 1000 times as many lawyers in this world as there are trapeze artists. hence, it is much more likely that rudy belongs to that category ("lawyers rather than the one that just happens to fit with quirks of his personality. which heuristic do most students (mis)use when trying to determine rudy's occupation? working backwards from the goal means ends analysis availability heuristic representativeness heuristic

Which of the following methods could be considered a "best practice" in terms of informing respondents how their answers to an on-line survey about personal information will be protected? respondents are informed that investigators will try to keep their participation confidential; however, confidentiality cannot be assured. respondents are informed that a research assistant will transfer all the research data to a password-protected computer that is not connected to the internet, via a usb flashdrive. the computer is located in a research team member's office. the investigator uses the informed consent process to explain her institution's method for guaranteeing absolute confidentiality of research data. the investigator uses the informed consent process to explain how respondent data will be transmitted from the website to his encrypted database without ever recording respondents' ip addresses, but explains that on the internet confidentiality cannot be absolutely guaranteed. the investigator uses the informed consent process to explain how respondent data will be transmitted from the website to his encrypted database without ever recording respondents' ip addresses, but explains that on the internet confidentiality cannot be absolutely guaranteed