Role of numeracy and cognitive reflection in bayesian reasoning with natural frequencies

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-161

  Sirota, Miroslav ^a   Juanchich, Marie ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Cognitive reflection; Mediation analysis; Natural frequencies; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960000436     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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