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... intuitive scientist The logic of science is also that of business and life . John Stuart Mill . This book is about human inference and human error . It portrays people as intuitive scientists who are gifted and generally successful ...
... intuitive scientist The logic of science is also that of business and life . John Stuart Mill . This book is about human inference and human error . It portrays people as intuitive scientists who are gifted and generally successful ...
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... types- " knowledge structures " which allow the individual to define and interpret the data of physical and social life and " judgmental heuristics " which reduce complex 6 Human Inference the tools of the intuitive scientist.
... types- " knowledge structures " which allow the individual to define and interpret the data of physical and social life and " judgmental heuristics " which reduce complex 6 Human Inference the tools of the intuitive scientist.
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... scientist , all three tasks are governed by fixed statistical and logical principles . Finally , the formal scientist adheres to a set of general rules for theory testing , which operate at every stage of the ... Intuitive Scientist 9.
... scientist , all three tasks are governed by fixed statistical and logical principles . Finally , the formal scientist adheres to a set of general rules for theory testing , which operate at every stage of the ... Intuitive Scientist 9.
Contents
inferential problems and the formal scientific | 8 |
summary | 15 |
the representativeness heuristic | 24 |
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