Format Dependence in Subjective Probability Calibration

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1038-1052

  Juslin, Peter ^a   Wennerholm, Pia ^a   Olsson, Henrik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0033447148     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.25.4.1038     Document Type: Article

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