The desirability bias in predictions: Going optimistic without leaving realism

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-47

  Windschitl, Paul D ^a   Smith, Andrew R ^a   Rose, Jason P ^b   Krizan, Zlatan ^c  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Desirability bias; Likelihood judgment; Motivated reasoning; Optimism; Subjective probability; Wishful thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 75049086007     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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