Sarah Lichtenstein

ThinkersDecision researcher

Works

  • Training for Calibration (with Baruch Fischhoff), Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 1980

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Known for

A decision researcher who, with Baruch Fischhoff, showed that people given scored practice and feedback on the confidence of their answers became better calibrated, so that their stated probabilities came closer to how often they were right.

Caveat: Later reviews find that training improves calibration only to a limited extent.

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