Everybody makes decisions whether they are trivial or important, affecting ones own life or the lives of others. This area of study has generated much research as how we make decisions has very important mundane implications. A study by Armstrong et al. (2002) showed how just the presentation of data can affect which treatment is chosen for hospital patients. 451 individuals were shown either a survival curve for a hypothetical treatment, a mortality curve or both curves …showed first 75 words of 579 total…

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