Demonstrating the Gambler's Fallacy in an Introductory Statistics Class

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 198-200

  Riniolo, Todd C ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84997907287     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328023TOP260308     Document Type: Article

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