A statistical taxonomy and another “chance” for natural frequencies

Authors

Adrien Barton, Max Planck Institute for Human DevelopmentFollow
Shabnam Mousavi, Max Planck Institute for Human DevelopmentFollow
Jeffrey R. Stevens, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2007

Comments

Published in BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES (2007) 30:3 255-256. Copyright 2007 Cambridge University Press. Used by permission.

Abstract

Commentary on Barbey & Sloman: "Base-rate respect"

The conclusions of Barbey & Sloman (B&S) crucially depend on evidence for different representations of statistical information. Unfortunately, a muddled distinction made among these representations calls into question the authors’ conclusions. We clarify some notions of statistical representations which are often confused in the literature. These clarifications, combined with new empirical evidence, do not support a dual-process model of judgment.