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How probability theory explains the conjunction fallacy

✍ Scribed by Fintan J. Costello

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 185 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 0894-3257
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.618

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