Belief in the law of small numbers.
Abstract
Reports that people have erroneous intuitions about the laws of chance. In particular, they regard a sample randomly drawn from a population as highly representative, I.e., similar to the population in all essential characteristics. The prevalence of the belief and its unfortunate consequences for psychological research are illustrated by the responses of 84 professional psychologists to a questionnaire concerning research decisions. (PsycINFO...
Paper Details
Title
Belief in the law of small numbers.
Published Date
Aug 1, 1971
Journal
Volume
76
Issue
2
Pages
105 - 110
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