Assessing dependence: some experimental results

Management Science

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1100-1115

  Clemen, Robert T ^a   Fischer, Gregory W ^a   Winkler, Robert L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; MARKETING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONCORDANCE PROBABILITY; COVARIATION JUDGEMENT; DEPENDENCE; SPEARMAN RHO; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0034250032     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.46.8.1100.12023     Document Type: Article

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