Re: [R] re cognizing patterns

2008-02-12 Thread mel
Paul Artes a écrit : DeaRs, i'm looking for some references on a statement as follows: Humans are good at spotting trends and patterns in data, but they are also good at spotting those patterns where none really exist. This is not verbatim but there must be some scholarly work on this. I

Re: [R] re cognizing patterns

2008-02-12 Thread Michael Kubovy
Paul, The literature on the topic is extensive. You could start here: @ARTICLE{Burns2004a, author = {Burns, Bruce D.}, title = {Heuristics as beliefs and as behaviors: The adaptiveness of the hot hand}, journal = {Cognitive Psychology}, year = {2004}, volume = {48},

[R] re cognizing patterns

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Artes
DeaRs, i'm looking for some references on a statement as follows: Humans are good at spotting trends and patterns in data, but they are also good at spotting those patterns where none really exist. This is not verbatim but there must be some scholarly work on this. I can't remember where I came