Can simple group heuristics detect hidden profiles in randomly generated environments?

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-37

  Reimer, Torsten ^a,b   Hoffrage, Ulrich ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision strategies; Group decision making; Hidden profile effect; Lexicographic heuristic; Shared information; Unit weight linear model

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444493255     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.64.1.21     Document Type: Article

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