Inferring uncertainty from interval estimates: Effects of alpha level and numeracy

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 330-344

  Rinne, Luke F ^a   Mazzocco, Michèle M M ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Interval estimates; Numeracy; Numerical cognition; Probability judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878441087     PISSN: 19302975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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