Essays about: "nested-sets"

Found 2 essays containing the word nested-sets.

  1. 1. Avoiding the conjunction fallacy: Who can take a hint?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Simon Klein; [2017]
    Keywords : Conjunction fallacy; nested-sets; need-for-cognition; NFC; numeracy; cognitive reflection; individual differences; debiasing.;

    Abstract : Humans repeatedly commit the so called “conjunction fallacy”, erroneously judging the probability of two events occurring together as higher than the probability of one of the events. Certain hints have been shown to mitigate this tendency. READ MORE

  3. 2. Does providing a subtle reasoning hint remedy the conjunction fallacy?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Dimitris Stergiadis; [2015]
    Keywords : Conjunction fallacy; reasoning hint; nested sets;

    Abstract : Humans are in general poor at making judgments that adhere to the logical principles of probability theory. One demonstration of this is termed the “conjunction fallacy”: judging a conjunction (A&B) as being more probable than its constituent (A). READ MORE