A test for anchoring and yea-saying in experimental consumption data

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 481, 2008, Pages 126-136

  Van Soest, Arthur ^a,b   Hurd, Michael ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acquiescence bias; Item nonresponse; Unfolding brackets

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349090023     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214507000000266     Document Type: Article

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