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The effects of problem content and scientific background on information search and the assessment and valuation of correlations.

Memory & cognition - 1 Jan 2011

Soffer Shira, Kareev Yaakov

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The effects of problem contents and one's scientific background on the detection of correlations and the assessment of their strength were studied using a task that required active data search, assessment of the strength of a correlation, and monetary valuation of the correlation's predictive utility. Participants (N = 72) who were trained either in the natural sciences or in the social sciences and humanities...

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PMID: 21264572
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-010-0008-5

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