Comparison of confirmation measures

Cognition. 2007 Apr;103(1):107-19. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2005.09.006. Epub 2006 May 5.

Abstract

Alternative measures of confirmation or evidential support have been proposed to express the impact of ascertaining one event on the credibility of another. We report an experiment that compares the adequacy of several such measures as descriptions of confirmation judgment in a probabilistic context.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bayes Theorem
  • Culture*
  • Humans
  • Judgment*
  • Models, Psychological*