Self-study
A recent poll revealed that most students at our university prefer that the university, which is searching for a new president, hire someone who has extensive experience as a university president. ████████ ██ ███ ████ ████ █████ ███ ██████ ████ ████████ █████ ████ █████ █ ████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ██ ███ ███ ████ █████ ████ ████ ██ ███ █████ ███ ███████ ███ ███ █████ ██████ ██ █ ██████████ ██████████
"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why did surveyed students, when given a list of candidates, choose a university president candidate with no experience, even though they also said that they would prefer a university president with extensive experience?
Objective
The correct answer will be a hypothesis that explains the students' contradictory responses, either by showing that none of the candidates had extensive experience, that the students didn’t know the candidates’ experience levels, or that the students had another preference that was more important than their preference for a candidate with extensive experience.
Analysis by EleanorRoberts
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