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Chater, Nick and Oaksford, M. (Mike) (1999) Information gain and decision-theoretic approaches to data selection : Response to Klauer (1999). Psychological Review, 106 (1). pp. 223-227.
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Abstract
K. C. Klauer (1999) argued that a Bayesian decision-theoretic rational analysis of Wason's selection task is preferable to an information gain account (M. Oaksford & N. Chater, 1994) because it has a better normative justification and may provide a better fit with the empirical data. The authors argue that Klauer's proposal and their proposal are equally well justified from a normative perspective and that, where the predictions of the 2 approaches diverge, the existing empirical evidence is consistent with the information gain approach. However, more empirical research is required to decide between these 2 accounts.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Psychological Review | ||||
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||
| ISSN: | 0033-295X | ||||
| Official Date: | January 1999 | ||||
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| Volume: | 106 | ||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 223-227 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published |
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