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Base rate

Known as: Base rates, Base-rate 
In probability and statistics, base rate generally refers to the (base) class probabilities unconditioned on featural evidence, frequently also known… Expand
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
The Essential Impact of Context on Organizational Behavior
I argue that the impact of context on organizational behavior is not sufficiently recognized or appreciated by researchers. I… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Realist Ennui and the Base Rate Fallacy
The no‐miracles argument and the pessimistic induction are arguably the main considerations for and against scientific realism… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The primary care PTSD screen (PC-PTSD): Development and operating characteristics.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a frequently unrecognized anxiety disorder in primary care settings. This study reports… Expand
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Review
2000
Review
2000
The base-rate fallacy and the difficulty of intrusion detection
Many different demands can be made of intrusion detection systems. An important requirement is that an intrusion detection system… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Humans and Automation: Use, Misuse, Disuse, Abuse
This paper addresses theoretical, empirical, and analytical studies pertaining to human use, misuse, disuse, and abuse of… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The base rate fallacy reconsidered: Descriptive, normative, and methodological challenges
We have been oversold on the base rate fallacy in probabilistic judgment from an empirical, normative, and methodological… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
How to Improve Bayesian Reasoning Without Instruction: Frequency Formats
Is the mind, by design, predisposed against performing Bayesian inference? Previous research on base rate neglect suggests that… Expand
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Presentation and content: The use of base rates as a continuous variable
Do subjects, in probability revision experiments, generally neglect base rates due to the use of a representativeness heuristic… Expand
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Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The base-rate fallacy in probability judgments
The base-rate fallacy is people’s tendency to ignore base rates in favor of, e.g., individuating information (when such is… Expand
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Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Schizotaxia, schizotypy, schizophrenia.
IN the course of the last decade, while spending several thousand hours in the practice of intensive psychotherapy, I have… Expand
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