PHYSICIANS NEGLECT BASE RATES, AND IT MATTERS

Authors
HAMM RM
Citation
Rm. Hamm, PHYSICIANS NEGLECT BASE RATES, AND IT MATTERS, Behavioral and brain sciences, 19(1), 1996, pp. 25
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,"Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1996)19:1<25:PNBRAI>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A recent study showed physicians' reasoning about a realistic case to be ignorant of base rate. It also showed physicians interpreting infor mation pertinent to base rate differently, depending on whether it was presented early or late in the case. Although these adult reasoners m ight do better if given hints through talk of relative frequencies, th is would not prove that they had no problem of base rate neglect.