Intuitive and deliberate strategies in frequency estimation

Intuition: In Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 267-281

  Haberstroh, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

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EID: 77955500060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203838099     Document Type: Chapter

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