Laypeople’s interpretations of ‘high confidence’

High confidence has been associated with high accuracy under certain conditions. Yet, how researchers operationalize ‘high confidence’ varies across publications and depends on who is asked. In this study, we collected numeric interpretations to determine thresholds for high confidence. Layperson pa...

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Authors: Pennekamp, Pia (Author) ; Mansour, Jamal K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2025, Volume: 31, Issue: 8, Pages: 1031-1045
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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