Frequency versus probability formats in statistical word problems

Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-213

  Evans, Jonathan St B T ^a   Handley, Simon J ^a   Perham, Nick ^a   Over, David E ^b   Thompson, Valerie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frequency; Probability; Statistical word problems

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034672862     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(00)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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