Jamila's friends are participating in a tradition known as Senior Sunrise, where the graduating high school class members stay out all night before the last day of school. Jamila's parents set her a curfew of 12 midnight (which was very generous), and Jamila made sure to be home by then. However, she receives a text message at 3 a.m. from her best friend asking her to come back and join in the celebrations. Jamila now needs to solve a problem: Should she obey her parents and stay home, or should she sneak out and join her friends?
-Jamila knows that her three best friends are out partying.Based on this,she believes that her entire class must be out celebrating.This thinking shows Jamila is a victim of which bias

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Jamila is assuming that the behavior of her three friends is representative of her entire class, which is an example of the Law of Small Numbers. This bias leads individuals to draw broad conclusions from a small sample of data.

Jamila's Friends Are Participating in a Tradition Known as Senior