Evaluating and combining subjective probability estimates

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-268

  Wallsten, Thomas S ^a,e   Budescu, David V ^b   Erev, Ido ^c   Diederich, Adele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combining judgments; Exchangeability; Subjective probability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744461821     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0771(199709)10:3<243::aid-bdm268>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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