Disruption of the Representativeness Heuristic: Can We Be Perturbed into Using the Correct Probabilistic Reasoning?.

Cox, Caryl; Mouw, John T.

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Publication Date: 1992

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Disruption of the Representativeness Heuristic: Can We Be Perturbed into Using the Correct Probabilistic Reasoning?

Cox, Caryl; Mouw, John T.

Educational Studies in Mathematics, v23 n2 p163-78 Apr 1992

The explicit, experimental introduction of a series of logical inconsistencies is described and recommended as a means of disrupting the faulty logic and, thereby, enhancing the use of more appropriate probabilistic reasoning by graduate students enrolled in an introductory inferential statistics course. (14 references) (JJK)

Descriptors: Heuristics, Higher Education, Logical Thinking, Mathematics Education, Pretests Posttests, Probability, Problem Solving, Sampling, Statistics, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires

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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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