Probabilistically valid inference of covariation from a single x,y observation when univariate characteristics are known

Cognitive Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-205

  Doherty, Michael E ^a   Anderson, Richard B ^a   Kelley, Amanda M ^a,b   Albert, James H ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Decision making; Human experimentation; Inference; Judgment; Psychology; Reasoning; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953158100     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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