More than, less than, or minimum, maximum: How upper and lower bounds determine subjective interval estimates

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-201

  Teigen, Karl Halvor ^a   Halberg, Anne Marie ^a   Fostervold, Knut Inge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Inclusive and exclusive intervals; Interval estimates; Overconfidence; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147203445     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.549     Document Type: Article

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