Effects of a Relative-Frequency Elicitation Question on Likelihood Judgment Accuracy: The Case of External Correspondence

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-297

  Price, Paul C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001779772     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1998.2807     Document Type: Article

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