Confirmation bias in complex analyses

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 584-592

  Lehner, Paul Edward ^a   Adelman, Leonard ^a   Cheikes, Brant A ^a   Brown, Mark J ^b  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of competing hypotheses (ACH); Anchoring effect; Complex analysis; Confirmation bias; Heuristics and biases

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

ANALYSIS OF COMPETING HYPOTHESIS (ACH); COMPLEX ANALYSIS; CONFIRMATION BIAS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 43249128619     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2008.918634     Document Type: Article

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