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... individual case . That purpose is best served by allowing valid preconceptions and theories to influence the characterization of the individual case to the extent that the data themselves are ambiguous . In contrast , the pure ...
... individual case . That purpose is best served by allowing valid preconceptions and theories to influence the characterization of the individual case to the extent that the data themselves are ambiguous . In contrast , the pure ...
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... individuals may assume , in effect , that no more than one sufficient explanation is likely to exist for a single phenomenon . Thus , when more than one satisfactory explanation is potentially available to an individual , which one he ...
... individuals may assume , in effect , that no more than one sufficient explanation is likely to exist for a single phenomenon . Thus , when more than one satisfactory explanation is potentially available to an individual , which one he ...
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... individual is a good typist or tennis player is primarily a comparison of that individual to other typists or tennis players in situations which are relatively fixed and constant across actors . Accordingly , the primary evidence ...
... individual is a good typist or tennis player is primarily a comparison of that individual to other typists or tennis players in situations which are relatively fixed and constant across actors . Accordingly , the primary evidence ...
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inferential problems and the formal scientific | 8 |
summary | 15 |
the representativeness heuristic | 24 |
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