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The relationship between anomalistic belief, misperception of chance and the base rate fallacy
Thinking and Reasoning 26 (3):447-477 (2019)
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A poor understanding of probability may lead people to misinterpret every day coincidences and form anomalistic beliefs. We investigated the relationship between anomalistic beli...Other Versions
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