Suppose a student tosses a fair coin consecutively 10 times and gets tails each time.If the student concludes that the next toss will be heads because heads "is due," the student has committed the ________ fallacy.
A) hot-hand
B) casino's
C) gambler's
D) dealer's
E) NBA

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The student has committed the gambler's fallacy, which is the belief that previous independent events affect the likelihood of future events. In reality, each coin toss is independent and the outcome of any one toss does not affect the outcome of the next toss. Therefore, the likelihood of getting heads on the 11th toss is still 50%. The other options (hot-hand, casino's, dealer's, NBA) are not relevant to this situation.

Suppose a Student Tosses a Fair Coin Consecutively 10 Times