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Changes in subjective sampling distributions as a function of the structure of observed data sequences were examined as an explanation of errors in subjective probability revisions. Sequences influenced the distributions and this in turn was reflected in revision.
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1. Supported by U. S. Public Health Service Grant No. MH 13735-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
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Beach, L.R., Olson, J.B. Data sequences and subjective sampling distributions. Psychon Sci 9, 309–310 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327820
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