On the Relation between Base-Rate and Cost-Benefit Learning in Simulated Medical Diagnosis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1367-1384

  Maddox, W Todd ^a   Dodd, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 85047682742     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.6.1367     Document Type: Article

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