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Peer reviewedGigerenzer, Gerd; Hoffrage, Ulrich – Psychological Review, 1995
It is shown that Bayesian algorithms are computationally simpler in frequency formats than in the probability formats used in previous research. Analysis of several thousand solutions to Bayesian problems showed that when information was presented in frequency formats, statistically naive participants derived up to 50% of inferences by Bayesian…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Bayesian Statistics, Computation, Estimation (Mathematics)
Peer reviewedFalmagne, Jean-Claude; And Others – Psychological Review, 1990
This article gives a comprehensive description of a theory for efficient assessment of knowledge. The essential concept is that the knowledge state of a subject, with regard to a specified field of information, can be represented by a particular subset of problems that the subject is capable of solving. (SLD)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Educational Assessment, Equations (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods
