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APA Dictionary of Psychology SECOND EDITION. ...
absolute risk is the probability of an event in a sample or population of interest. The relative risk (RR) is. the risk of the event in an experimental group relative to that in a control group. The odds ratio (OR) i. the odds of an event in an experimental group relative to that in a control.
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about the gambler’s fallacy, understand the psychology behind it, and see what you can do to minimize its influence, in order to help you make more optimal decisions. Explanation and examples of the gambler’s fallacy The gambler’s fallacy refers to two particular forms of misguided thinking:
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Mar 3, 2019 · Ever wonder how some people always seem to beat the odds? It's not just luck. Anyone can learn how to turn possibility into probability.
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dictionary n. A book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabet-ically, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, and the like. psychology n. The study of the mind including consciousness, perception, motivation, behav-ior, the biology of the nervous system in its relation to mind, scien...
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Getting the Odds Wrong. Reading: “10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong,” Maia Szalavitz, Psychology Today. “... we overestimate the odds of dreadful but infrequent events and underestimate how risky ordinary events are.” —Maia Szalavitz. Risk of Misjudging Risk.
This dictionary provides systematic coverage of these areas, in addition to the basic terminology of psychology and psychiatry, and the definitions contain more explicit factual information and explanation than is available in other dictionaries.
