College Students' Conceptions of Probability

American Statistician

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-45

  Albert, James H ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Classical; Frequency; Subjective viewpoints

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037330193     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/0003130031063     Document Type: Article

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