The vagueness and the directionality of verbal probability expressions: The properties of probability information and their effects on decision making

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 519-526

  Honda, Hidehito ^a   Yamagishi, Kimihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decision making; Directionality; Vagueness of probability information; Verbal probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746068257     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.76.519     Document Type: Article

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