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Teaching Bayesian reasoning: an evaluation of a classroom tutorial for medical students

Stephanie Kurzenhäuser Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Ulrich Hoffrage Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Berlin, Germany.
Pages 516-521 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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