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A city manager notes that when more fire trucks are on the scene, there is actually...

A city manager notes that when more fire trucks are on the scene, there is actually MORE fire damage to the house. He thinks that the fire trucks are getting in the way of each other and requires that only 2 fire trucks can arrive at any scene. He did not consider that the size of the fire determines both the number of fire trucks that arrive on the scene and the fire damage. What error did he make?

Group of answer choices

a. Team interdependence

b. Central tendency

c. Ignoring a third variable

d. Regression to the mean

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Central Tendency

Since the city manager is assigning two fire trucks to any fire incident (big or small), he may be under impression that for any general fire incident, two fire trucks are sufficient. He is committing the error of central tendency.

keosha answered 2 years ago
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