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Old 11-29-2006, 08:57 PM
stinkypete stinkypete is offline
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Default Re: A Decision Making Error - Easy Question

and to make it more intuitive, think of it this way:

gift B (40%) might be something that 80% of all women want, but something that 0% of men want.

so 20% of women choose gift A, and 100% of men are forced to choose gift A.

it's easy to see that gift B could be more popular than gift A out of a larger selection of gifts.
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