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Publication Date: 1984
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The Psychology of the "Gamblers's Fallacy" in Probabilistic Reasoning.
Yackulic, R. A.; Kelly, I. W.
Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, v21 n3-4 p55-58 1984
Analyzes the Gambler's Fallacy, the perception of interdependence among events which are in fact unrelated. Describes how reasoning errors occur when the perceived interdependence influences predictions about subsequent events. Elaborates the distinction between Gambler's Fallacy and similar but sound reasoning strategies. (BH)
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