Numeracy, frequency, and Bayesian reasoning
Previous research has demonstrated that Bayesian reasoning performance is improved if uncertainty information is presented as natural frequencies rather than single-event probabilities. A questionnaire study of 342 college students replicated this effect but also found that the performance-boosting...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2009-02-01
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Series: | Judgment and Decision Making |
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Online Access: | http://journal.sjdm.org/8708/jdm8708.pdf |