What Makes a Good Explanation
Baruch Fischhoff, Solomon M. Fulero · 1977
Abstract : A correlational design was used to investigate the subjective criterion which people invoke when asked 'which of the following causes, C sub 1 or C sub 2, makes a better explanation of event E.' The results are discussed in terms of the descriptive validity of attribution theory, the psychology of explanation and the validity of people's intuitive explanations.