The effects of wording on the understanding and use of uncertainty information in a threshold forecasting decision

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-72

  Joslyn, Susan L ^a   Nadav Greenberg, Limor ^a   Taing, Meng U ^a   Nichols, Rebecca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 60149110324     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1449     Document Type: Article

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