Vladimir A. Lefebvre (1997) On the Nature of the Constant 0.62
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Psycoloquy 8(10): On the Nature of the Constant 0.62
ON THE NATURE OF THE CONSTANT 0.62
Reply to Lebedev on Human-Choice
Vladimir A. Lefebvre
School of Social Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California
VALEFEBV@UCI.EDU
Abstract
It is shown that the hypothesis that the constant 0.62
appears as result of combining two different probability
distributions is falsified by experimental data.
Keywords
choice; computation; decision theory; ethical cognition;
mathematical psychology; model building; parameter estimation;
probability; rationality.
References
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- Lefebvre, V.A. (1992) A Psychological Theory of Bipolarity and Reflexivity. Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press.
- Lefebvre, V.A. (1995) The Anthropic Principle in Psychology and Human Choice. PSYCOLOQUY 6(29) human-choice.1.lefebvre.
- Lefebvre, V.A. (1997) The Cosmic Subject. Moscow: The Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Psychology Press.
- Poulton, E.C. (1989) Bias in Quantifying Judgments. Hove & London: Lawrence Erlbaum.