Jada is a researcher interested in Americans’ beliefs about…
Jada is a researcher interested in Americans’ beliefs about gun violence. She knows that mass shootings, in particular those that involve the use of rifles of some sort, are highly publicized in the news media. Meanwhile, shootings involving handguns are much less publicized comparatively speaking. Jada asks 1000 participants to estimate the number of homicides (murders) committed with rifles and handguns respectively in the United States per year. She finds that participants dramatically overestimate the number of homicides committed with rifles as compared to the number of homicides committed with handguns. Jada’s findings are consistent with what decision-making issue?