The Poisson Probability of Three Events in One Hour Is

question 35

True/False

The Poisson probability of three events in one hour is the same as the probability of 36 events in one day.

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Broadbent

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Shadowing Performance

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Treisman

Anne Treisman, a psychologist known for her work in attention, particularly the feature integration theory, which describes how we perceive objects.

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