A rational analysis of the selection task as optimal data selection.

Human reasoning in hypothesis-testing tasks like Wason's (1966, 1968) selection task has been depicted as prone to systematic biases. However, performance on this task has been assessed against a now outmoded falsificationist philosophy of science. Therefore, the experimental data is reassessed in...

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Published in:Psychological Review Vol. 101; pp. 608 - 632
Main Authors: Oaksford, Mike, Chater, Nick
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association October 1994
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