In 2008, a highway safety administration reported that the number of pedestrian fatalities in city a was 65 and that the number in city b was 45. can we conclude that pedestrians are safer in city b? why or why not?

No.

Explanation:

For those fatalities to be comparable, the data produced should provide the number of fatalities per pedestrian as well.

Statistical data used in research is part of a bigger picture denominated the population. If City B has fewer pedestrians, or City A has more, the explanation to that difference in fatalities has nothing to do with city B being safer, but with being less populated with pedestrians.

elizabeth loftus conducted a study to observe the reliability of eyewitnesses during the 1970s. their baseline was to define how accurate are the recollections of eyewitnesses.

her studies do not support the use of eyewitness. loftus mentions in her work that we are not required to recall some experiences, meaning that rarely an individual eyewitness testimony is trustworthy. a good example is presented in her work, where all individuals watched a video and were than asked "about how fast were the cars going when they hit/smash? ". the testimonies changed based on the word she used to make the question (hit or smash), proving the fragility.

the correct answer is d