Overcoming difficulties in Bayesian reasoning: A reply to Lewis and Keren (1999) and Mellers and McGraw (1999)

Psychological Review

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 425-430

  Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a   Hoffrage, Ulrich ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0006621844     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.106.2.425     Document Type: Article

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