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Belief in the Law of Small Numbers

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This journal article gives examples of erroneous beliefs about probability. It specifically examines the belief that a random sample must be representative of the true population.

Date Issued	1971
Resource Type	Reference Material (DCMI Type Vocabulary)
Audience	College --Undergrad Upper Division Graduate School
Source	Psychological Bulletin, 1971, Vol. 76, No. 2. 105-110.
Date Of Record Creation	2005-01-19 11:29:04
Date Of Record Release	2005-05-16 22:22:43
Date Last Modified	2005-05-16 22:22:43
Statistical Topic	Statistical Inference and Techniques -- Significance Testing Principles Probability -- Limit Theorems -- Laws of Large Numbers
Material Type	Curriculum
Author's Name	Amos Tversky, Daniel Kahneman
Author's Organization	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Supplemental - Evidence
Intended User Role	Teacher
Copyrights	Unknown
Cost involved with use	Free to all
Math Level	Algebra level symbolic math

Date Record Checked: 2005-01-19 00:00:00

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