On the evaluation of one-sided evidence

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-70

  Brenner, Lyle A ^a   Koehler, Derek J ^a   Tversky, Amos ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Confidence; Incomplete information; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030306277     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0771(199603)9:1<59::AID-BDM216>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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