Book:
The Intuitive Source of Probabilistic Thinking in Children
Editors:
Hintikka, J., Cohen, R., Davidson, D., Nuchelmans, G., & Salmon, W.
Type:
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Volume:
85
Pages:
177-188
Year:
1975
Publisher:
D. Reidel
Place:
The Netherlands
Abstract:
Children (preschoolers and third-, and sixth-grade pupils) were asked to choose out of 2 sets of marbles of 2 colors the set which they believed offered more chances of drawing a marble of a given color. It was found that a short instruction enabled the third-grade Ss to make their correct decisions, as did the sixth-graders, through a comparison of quantitative ratios. Reprinted from Child Development 41 (1970), 377 - 389.
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