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Publication Date: 1994
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Predictions from Uncertain Categorizations.
Murphy, Gregory L.; Ross, Brian H.
Cognitive Psychology, v27 n2 p148-93 Oct 1994
Eleven experiments involving over 200 undergraduate students investigated how categorization of examples influences feature prediction for new examples. Results suggest that category-based prediction generally relies on a single category rather than multiple categories when there is a clear target category. (SLD)
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Classification, Higher Education, Inferences, Prediction, Undergraduate Students
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Language: English
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