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Book Title: Cognition And Chance: The Psychology Of Probabilistic Reason...
Number of Pages: 472 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Cognition and Chance : the Psychology of Probabilistic Reasoning
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication Year: 2004
Subject: Methodology, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Probability & Statistics / General, General, Statistics
Item Height: 1.2 in
Item Weight: 31.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Education, Psychology, Business & Economics, Mathematics, Social Science
Author: Raymond S. Nickerson
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
