An evaluation of the conditional probability strategy and rule-analysis methodology in judgments of covariation

Psychological Reports

Volumn 82, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 819-831

  Richard, Francis D ^a   McGahan, Joseph R ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040454140     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.82.3.819     Document Type: Article

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