The Effects of Subject-Defined Categories on Judgmental Accuracy in Confidence Assessment Tasks

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 134-154

  Browne, Glenn J ^a   Curley, Shawn P ^a   Benson, P George ^a  

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EID: 0042221302     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1999.2849     Document Type: Article

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