The Relation between Probability and Evidence Judgment: An Extension of Support Theory

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-249

  Chen Idson, Lorraine ^a   Krantz, David H ^a   Osherson, Daniel ^b   Bonini, Nicolao ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evidence judgment; Probability judgment; Subaddivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041783474     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011131017766     Document Type: Article

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