The psychology of good judgment: Frequency formats and simple algorithms

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-280

  Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; bounded rationality; information format; medical education; probabilistic reasoning; satisficing; training

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGIC; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICIANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029900105     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9601600312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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