Perceptions of Randomness: Why Three Heads Are Better Than Four

Psychological Review

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 454-461

  Hahn, Ulrike ^a   Warren, Paul A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gambler's fallacy; intuitive statistics; probability; randomness; representativeness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTUITION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 65349109151     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015241     Document Type: Article

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