Statisticians Persi Diaconis and Frederick Mosteller commented,"But with a large enough sample,any outrageous thing is likely to happen." What were they referring to?
A) hindsight bias
B) overconfidence
C) scientific inquiry
D) perceiving patterns in random events

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Diaconis and Mosteller were likely referring to the phenomenon of perceiving patterns in random events, also known as the gambler's fallacy or the law of small numbers. They were suggesting that with a large enough sample, it is possible to see seemingly outrageous or improbable outcomes purely by chance. This highlights the importance of statistical analysis and understanding the principles of probability when interpreting data.

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