Probability bootstrapping: Improving prediction by fitting extensional models to knowledgeable but incoherent probability judgments

Daniel Osherson, Eldar Shafir, David H. Krantz, Edward E. Smith

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Abstract

We propose a simple method for choosing a probability distribution as an approximation to a set of incoherent probability judgments. In two different domains we demonstrate that the resulting (coherent) probability estimates come closer to the observed relative frequencies than do the original incoherent judgments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalOrganizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Volume69
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1997

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Applied Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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