When combining advisors’ numeric probability forecasts about an event (e.g., “there is a 60% chance that this stock’s price will increase”), people are more likely to use an averaging strategy, often converging to the average advisor’s forecast. However, when combining verbal probability forecasts (e.g., “it is likely that the stock’s price will increase”), people are more likely to use a “counting” strategy, causing their forecasts to become more extreme than any individual advisor.