As the number of individuals and/or the number of alternatives involved in any decision-making situation increase, what happens to the likelihood of group intransitivity?
A) It stays the same.
B) It increases.
C) It decreases.

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As the number of individuals and/or alternatives increases, it becomes more difficult to achieve a consensus among the group, and therefore the likelihood of group intransitivity increases. This is because there are more preferences and opinions to consider, and different individuals may give different weights and priorities to the different alternatives.

As the Number of Individuals And/or the Number of Alternatives