Probabilistic reasoning in prediction and diagnosis: Effects of problem type, response mode, and individual differences

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-179

  Wedell, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Conjunction error; Heuristics; Individual differences; Probabilistic reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952995317     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.686     Document Type: Article

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