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How are base rates used? Interactive and group effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Peter J. McLeod
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S.CanadaBOP 1X0; pmcleod@max.acadiau.ca
Margo Watt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.CanadaB3H 4J1

Abstract

Koehler is right that base rate information is used, to various degrees, both in laboratory tasks and in everyday life. However, it is not time to turn our backs on laboratory tasks and focus solely on ecologically valid decision making. Tightly controlled experimental data are still needed to understand how base rate information is used, and how this varies among groups.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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