Overconfidence in probability and frequency judgments: A critical examination

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 212-219

  Brenner, Lyle A ^a   Koehler, Derek J ^a,c   Liberman, Varda ^b   Tversky, Amos ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0030101585     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1996.0021     Document Type: Article

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