Evaluation of a verbal-numerical probability scale

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-131

  Witteman, Cilia ^a,b   Renooij, Silja ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy of assessments; Decision support systems; Probability elicitation; Response scale

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

RESPONSE SCALES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037881864     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-613X(02)00151-2     Document Type: Article

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