Qamar is participating in a study on ESP in which he is supposed to telepathically receive one of two images that another participant views on a computer screen. If he performs like most other research participants in other studies, about how well will he do at receiving these images?
A) He will likely guess correctly approximately 90% of the time.
B) He will likely guess correctly approximately 75% of the time.
C) He will likely guess correctly approximately 50% of the time.
D) He will likely guess correctly approximately 25% of the time.

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Most studies on ESP have shown that participants are likely to guess correctly about 50% of the time, which is no better than chance. Therefore, Qamar's performance is likely to be similar to that of other research participants in other studies, and he will likely guess correctly approximately 50% of the time.

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