Research has shown that the judged probability of an event depends on the speciยฎcity with which the focal and alternative hypotheses are described. In particular, unpacking the components of the focal hypothesis generally increases the judged probability of the focal hypothesis, while unpacking the
Comparability Effects in Probability Judgments
โ Scribed by Pleskac, T. J.
- Book ID
- 115447359
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 561 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0956-7976
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