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Representativeness heuristic

tool for assisting judgement in uncertainty
Class type of: heuristic Q20203288

Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
heuristic[1]
Defining formula
P(H|D) = \frac{P(D | H)\, P(H)}{P(D)}[3]
Different from
conjunction fallacy[2]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Representativeness heuristic cs Heuristika reprezentativnosti de Repräsentativitätsheuristik es Heuristica de la representatividad es Heurística de la representatividad fa سوگیری معرف he היוריסטיקת יציגות he היוריסטיקת הייצוגיות he היוריסטיקת ייצוגיות ja 代表性ヒューリスティクス ja 代表性ヒューリスティック pl Heurystyka reprezentatywności pt Heurística da representatividade ru Репрезентативность tr Temsil kısayolu veya buluşsal yöntemi uk Репрезентативність zh 代表性捷思法
🔖 Identifiers · 5
OpenAlex ID
C37381756
Freebase ID
/m/02j_qf
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/15dpmwzb
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
reprezentativnost-vyborki-eed862
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
37381756

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🔗 Connections
Different from 1
conjunction fallacy
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Subclass of 1
heuristic
← Different from 1
conjunction fallacy
← Has cause 1
clustering illusion
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