A classification scheme for probability laws by tail behavior is proposed. It circumvents the smoothness conditions usually imposed on the probability laws by current classification schemes and yields ...

Whereas prior research has found that consumers’ probability judgments are sensitive to the number of categories into which a set of possible outcomes is grouped, this article demonstrates that ...

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Probability is a measure of the likelihood of events happening. The greater the proportion of times an event can happen the greater (or more likely) the probability. Events can be ordered by the ...

Life is uncertain. None of us know what is going to happen. We know little of what has happened in the past or is happening now outside our immediate experience. Uncertainty has been called the ...