Journal article
Procedural debiasing
Acta psychologica, Vol.64(2), pp.167-185
02/01/1987
DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(87)90005-9
Abstract
This paper presents two experiments that illustrate how Bayesian inferences can be debiased by analyzing and correcting the cognitive procedures that lead to the biases. In the first experiment, a training procedure is used that corrects a common error in the adjustment process used by subjects when integrating evidence. In the second experiment, a focusing technique is used to improve the relative weighting of samples in the overall judgment. These results are discussed in terms of a model of the judgment process comprising four basic stages: (a) initial scanning of stimulus information; (b) selection of items for processing in order of importance; (c) extraction of scale values on the judgment dimension; and (d) adjustment of a composite value that summarizes already-processed components.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Procedural debiasing
- Creators
- Lola L. Lopes - University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Acta psychologica, Vol.64(2), pp.167-185
- DOI
- 10.1016/0001-6918(87)90005-9
- ISSN
- 0001-6918
- eISSN
- 1873-6297
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- Number of pages
- 19
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/1987
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship ; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984963102902771
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