Katherine Keene,a hospital administrator,heard a lot about gay men getting HIV and AIDS.She watched the male patients at her hospital admitted for AIDS.She thought they all looked like homosexuals as did almost all their male visitors.In reality,at this hospital,60 percent of the HIV-positive male patients were heterosexual and 80 percent of their visitors were neighbours,co-workers,or immediate family members.She most clearly made which type of error?

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Katherine Keene made a selective observation error by focusing only on the patients and visitors who fit her preconceived notion of what homosexuals look like, ignoring the actual statistics and diversity of the patients and visitors.

Katherine Keene,a Hospital Administrator,heard a Lot About Gay Men Getting