The Concept of Probability in Psychological Experiments
β Scribed by Bruno de Finetti (auth.), Carl-Axel S. StaΓ«l Von Holstein (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 160
- Series
- Theory and Decision Library 8
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
The Value of Studying Subjective Evaluations of Probability....Pages 1-14
The True Subjective Probability Problem....Pages 15-23
Subjective Probability: A Judgment of Representativeness....Pages 25-48
The Psychological Concept of Subjective Probability: A Measurement-Theoretic View....Pages 49-72
Are Subjective Probabilities Probabilities?....Pages 73-101
On the Generalizability of Experimental Results....Pages 103-126
Statistical Analysis: Theory Versus Practice....Pages 127-140
Back Matter....Pages 141-153
β¦ Subjects
Methodology of the Social Sciences
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