The perception of randomness

DOI10.1016/0196-8858(91)90029-IMaRDI QIDQ1190151zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Maya Bar-Hillel, Willem A. Wagenaar

Publication date 27 September 1992

Published in Advances in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

judgment taskslocal representativenessperception of randomnessproduction tasks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cognitive psychology (91E10)

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