Heuristics and biases in the "Eyeballing" of data: The effects of context on intuitive correlation assessment

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 591-621

  Hutchinson, J Wesley ^a   Alba, Joseph W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031284839     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.3.591     Document Type: Article

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