Do claims about certainty make estimates less certain?
KH Teigen, M Juanchich - Cognition, 2024 - Elsevier
Predictions and estimates are sometimes qualified as certain. This epistemic marker
occupies a privileged position at the top of scales of verbal probability expressions …
occupies a privileged position at the top of scales of verbal probability expressions …
How Speaking and Writing Shape Certainty
GL Cascio Rizzo, JA Berger… - Available at SSRN …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Expressing certainty has a variety of benefits. It makes people seem more knowledgeable
and helpful and can increase persuasion. But might the way people communicate (ie …
and helpful and can increase persuasion. But might the way people communicate (ie …