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... Sample Bias If one wishes to estimate population values from sample characteristics , discern the nature of an entity from a sample of its attributes , or judge the dispositions of an actor from a sample of the actor's behavior , there ...
... Sample Bias If one wishes to estimate population values from sample characteristics , discern the nature of an entity from a sample of its attributes , or judge the dispositions of an actor from a sample of the actor's behavior , there ...
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... biased sample of the questioner's knowledge possessed by the contestants and to the same unbiased sample of the contestant's knowledge enjoyed by the questioner . In addition , observers had one other clue to help them decide whether ...
... biased sample of the questioner's knowledge possessed by the contestants and to the same unbiased sample of the contestant's knowledge enjoyed by the questioner . In addition , observers had one other clue to help them decide whether ...
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... sample bias . Hence , our next topic . Sample Bias Although the damage resulting from faith in small data samples often may be both limited in magnitude and justified by the savings in effort , the case seems quite different when we ...
... sample bias . Hence , our next topic . Sample Bias Although the damage resulting from faith in small data samples often may be both limited in magnitude and justified by the savings in effort , the case seems quite different when we ...
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inferential problems and the formal scientific | 8 |
summary | 15 |
the representativeness heuristic | 24 |
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