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Peer reviewedNisbett, Richard E.; And Others – Psychological Review, 1983
In everyday reasoning, people use statistical heuristics (judgmental tools that are rough intuitive equivalents of statistical principles). Use of statistical heuristics is more likely when (1) sampling is clear, (2) the role of chance is clear, (3) statistical reasoning is normative for the event, or (4) the subject has had training in…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Heuristics, Higher Education, Induction
