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Hypothesis Testing: Strategy Selection for Generalising versus Limiting Hypotheses

Barbara A. Spellman
Pages 67-92 | Published online: 24 Sep 2010

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Jonathan St B. T. Evans. (2016) Reasoning, biases and dual processes: The lasting impact of Wason (1960). The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 69:10, pages 2076-2092.
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Paolo Cherubini, Patrice Rusconi, Selena Russo, Selenia Di Bari & Simona Sacchi. (2010) Preferences for different questions when testing hypotheses in an abstract task: Positivity does play a role, asymmetry does not. Acta Psychologica 134:2, pages 162-174.
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Kate A. Ranganath, Barbara A. Spellman & Jennifer A. Joy-Gaba. (2010) Cognitive “Category-Based Induction” Research and Social “Persuasion” Research Are Each About What Makes Arguments Believable. Perspectives on Psychological Science 5:2, pages 115-122.
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Elizabeth F. Shipleu & Barbara Shepperson. (2006) Test sample selection by preschool children: Honoring diversity. Memory & Cognition 34:7, pages 1444-1451.
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Brett K Hayes, Alison Goodhew, Evan Heit & Joanna Gillan. (2003) The role of diverse instruction in conceptual change. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 86:4, pages 253-276.
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Nancy S. Kim & Frank C. Keil. (2003) From symptoms to causes: Diversity effects in diagnostic reasoning. Memory & Cognition 31:1, pages 155-165.
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Alexandra Kincannon & Barbara A. Spellman. (2003) The use of category and similarity information in limiting hypotheses. Memory & Cognition 31:1, pages 114-132.
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Evan Heit & Ulrike Hahn. (2001) Diversity-Based Reasoning in Children. Cognitive Psychology 43:4, pages 243-273.
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Evan Heit. (2000) Properties of inductive reasoning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 7:4, pages 569-592.
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