Assessing semantic coherence in conditional probability estimates

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 999-1002

  Fisher, Christopher R ^a   Wolfe, Christopher R ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes's theorem; Conditional probability; Semantic coherence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; PROBABILITY;

BAYES THEOREM; PROBABILITY;

EID: 81255150490     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-011-0099-3     Document Type: Article

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