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Life Sciences
New life sciences study findings recently were reported by J.W. Beckstead and co-researchers
December 28th, 2008
"In this article a broad perspective incorporating elements of time series theory is presented for conceptualizing the data obtained in multi-trial judgment experiments. Recent evidence suggests that sequential context effects, assimilation and contrast, commonly found in psychophysical judgment tasks, may be present in judgments of abstract magnitudes," scientists writing in the Judgment and Decision Making Journal report. "A time series approach for analyzing single-subject data is developed and applied to expert prognostic judgments of risk for heart disease with an emphasis on detecting possible sequential context effects. The results demonstrate that...
Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2008-12-28)
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