On the Assessment of Decision Quality: Considerations Regarding Utility, Conflict and Accountability

Thinking: Psychological Perspectives on Reasoning, Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 347-363

  Keren, Gideon ^a   De Bruin, Wändi Bruine ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability model of decision making; Evaluation both by process and by outcome; Gambling paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 19544384142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/047001332X.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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