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Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-163

  Fischhoff, Baruch ^a   De Bruin, Wändi Bruine ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence; Epistemic uncertainty; Probability elicitation; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644448963     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0771(199906)12:2<149::aid-bdm314>3.0.co;2-j     Document Type: Article

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