Forecasting exponential growth and exponential decline: Similarities and differences

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-257

  Ebersbach, Mirjam ^a   Lehner, Mirjam ^a   Resing, Wilma C M ^b   Wilkening, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concepts; Mathematical ability; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INTUITION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38149061987     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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