A Rational Analysis of the Selection Task as Optimal Data Selection

Experimental data on human reasoning in hypothesis-testing tasks is reassessed in light of a Bayesian model of optimal data selection in inductive hypothesis testing. The rational analysis provided by the model suggests that reasoning in such tasks may be rational rather than subject to systematic b...

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Published inPsychological review Vol. 101; no. 4; p. 608
Main Authors Oaksford, Mike, Chater, Nick
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LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.1994
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ISSN0033-295X
DOI10.1037/0033-295x.101.4.608

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Abstract Experimental data on human reasoning in hypothesis-testing tasks is reassessed in light of a Bayesian model of optimal data selection in inductive hypothesis testing. The rational analysis provided by the model suggests that reasoning in such tasks may be rational rather than subject to systematic bias. (SLD)
AbstractList Experimental data on human reasoning in hypothesis-testing tasks is reassessed in light of a Bayesian model of optimal data selection in inductive hypothesis testing. The rational analysis provided by the model suggests that reasoning in such tasks may be rational rather than subject to systematic bias. (SLD)
Author Oaksford, Mike
Chater, Nick
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