The Interpretation of "Likely" Depends on the Context, but "70%" Is 70% - Right? the Influence of Associative Processes on Perceived Certainty

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1514-1533

  Windschitl, Paul D ^a,c   Weber, Elke U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE;

EID: 0033233105     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.25.6.1514     Document Type: Article

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