Year: 2006
Type: paratext
Abstract: Koehler and Macchi (2009) criticize the experiments presented in Newell, Mitchell, and Hayes (2008) as being ''virtually irrelevant'' to exemplar cuing theory.This reply addresses that interpretation and argues that the experiments dealt with issues at the heart of the theory and provided evidence highly relevant to understand how people think about low-probability events.The role of the 'target' in probabilistic statements is examined, highlighting the need for further theoretical and empirical clarification of the concept.The remaining specific criticisms raised in the commentary are discussed as well.
Language: English
Subfield: General Decision Sciences
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4232220150