Even bernoulli might have been wrong: A comment on intuitions about sample size

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-132

  Keren, Gideon ^a   Lewis, Charles ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Law of large numbers; Sample size

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844454511     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0771(200001/03)13:1<125::AID-BDM346>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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