The n-effect: Possible effects of differential probabilities of success

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 745-747

  Mukherjee, Kanchan ^a   Hogarth, Robin M ^b  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SELECTION BIAS;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 77953750216     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610368812     Document Type: Article

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