Beyond Bayes's Theorem: Effect of Base-Rate Information in Consensus Games

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-104

  Gilat, Sharon ^a   Meyer, Joachim ^a,b   Erev, Ido ^a   Gopher, Daniel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 0013269257     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.3.2.83     Document Type: Article

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