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Frequency formats are a small part of the base rate story

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2007

Dale Griffin ,
Derek J. Koehler  and
Lyle Brenner
Dale Griffin
Affiliation:
Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canadadale.griffin@sauder.ubc.ca
Derek J. Koehler
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canadadkoehler@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Lyle Brenner
Affiliation:
Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. lbrenner@ufl.edu
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Abstract

Manipulations that draw attention to extensional or set-based considerations are neither sufficient nor necessary for enhanced use of base rates in intuitive judgments. Frequency formats are only one part of the puzzle of base-rate use and neglect. The conditions under which these and other manipulations promote base-rate use may be more parsimoniously organized under the broader notion of case-based judgment.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 268 - 269
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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