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Download full textWell, Arnold D.; And Others – 1984
There is a growing body of evidence indicating that people often overestimate the similarity between characteristics of random samples and those of the populations from which they are drawn. This paper: reviews studies that have attempted to determine whether the basic heuristic employed in thinking about random samples is passive and descriptive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Mathematics, Comprehension, Heuristics
