How to train your Bayesian: A problem-representation transfer rather than a format-representation shift explains training effects.

People improve their Bayesian reasoning most when they are trained to represent single-event probabilities as natural frequencies; nevertheless, the underlying mechanism of this representational training remains unclear. Several authors suggested that people learn to shift the initial format to natu...

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Published in:Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors: Sirota, Miroslav, Kostovičová, Lenka, Vallée-Tourangeau, Frédéric
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Jan2015
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