How bad is a 10% chance of losing a toe? Judgments of probabilistic conditions by doctors and laypeople

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1399-1406

  Levy, Andrea Gurmankin ^a   Baron, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HALLUX; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOE; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOES;

EID: 33646829665     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193372     Document Type: Article

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