Evidence evaluation in complex decision making.

1986/08/01 by Nancy Pennington, Reid Hastie · 647 citations
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Psychology · #Cognitive Science and Mapping #Complex Systems and Decision Making #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.51.2.242

published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 51(2), 242-258 (American Psychological Association)

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