Imagine you read a brief newspaper article that states research has shown that eating grilled cheese sandwiches significantly increases the risk of developing asthma. You love grilled cheese sandwiches and you don't want to develop asthma. In evaluating whether you should give up the sandwiches, what is the one piece of additional information that would be most useful to you?

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Knowing whether or not the increased risk is large enough to have practical implications is the most useful piece of information in this scenario. This would allow you to weigh the potential harm of eating grilled cheese sandwiches against the pleasure derived from eating them.

Imagine You Read a Brief Newspaper Article That States Research