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Quote: to answer probabilistic questions, people typically look for similarities between choices and ignore prior probabilities

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Topic:
probability
Topic:
probability assessment

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To answer [probabilistic] questions people typically compare the … the degree to which one of them is … question is highly representative of the process from … [p. 149] [For example, if subjects assess the probability of a described person being a lawyer or engineer, the proportion of each in the group had essentially no effect [Kahneman and Tversky, 1973]] … [p. 150] "The subjects correctly utilized prior probabilities when … However, prior probabilities were effectively ignored when a …   Google-1   Google-2

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