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How safe is safe enough? A psychometric study of attitudes towards technological risks and benefits

Baruch Fischhoff, Paul Slovic, Sarah Lichtenstein, Stephen Read, Barbara Harris Combs

Policy Sciences · 1978 · 2.8K citations · 14 references

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Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences

Laurence C. McGinn · Journal of the Franklin Institute · 1957 · 7.3K citations

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Behavioral Decision Theory

Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff, Sarah Lichtenstein · Annual Review of Psychology · 1977 · 1.7K citations

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Social Benefit versus Technological Risk

Chauncey Starr · Science · 1969 · 1.7K citations

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Judged frequency of lethal events.

Sarah Lichtenstein, Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning & Memory · 1978 · 1.4K citations

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Seriousness of illness rating scale

Allen R. Wyler, Minoru Masuda, Thomas H. Holmes · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · 1968 · 258 citations

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