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Publication Date: 1994
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A Rational Analysis of the Selection Task as Optimal Data Selection.
Oaksford, Mike; Chater, Nick
Psychological Review, v101 n4 p608-31 Oct 1994
Experimental data on human reasoning in hypothesis-testing tasks is reassessed in light of a Bayesian model of optimal data selection in inductive hypothesis testing. The rational analysis provided by the model suggests that reasoning in such tasks may be rational rather than subject to systematic bias. (SLD)
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Hypothesis Testing, Induction, Models, Statistical Bias, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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