Kelly is interviewing candidates for a job in her department.She meets Bill.Bill mentions that he is from California. The last person Kelly hired from California had to be fired.Kelly infers that Bill probably won't make a good employee.Kelly is falling victim to what effect?
A)A contrast effect
B)The simulation heuristic
C)The correspondence bias
D)An irrelevant analogy
E)Sensitivity to sample size effect

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Kelly is making an irrelevant analogy by assuming that because the last person she hired from California did not work out, Bill, also from California, probably won't make a good employee. This is irrelevant because the previous employee's performance does not logically predict Bill's potential performance.

Kelly Is Interviewing Candidates for a Job in Her Department