The effect of changes in decision aid bias on learning: Evidence of functional fixation

Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-42

  Beck, Grant M ^a   Limor, Rina ^b   Arunachalam, Vairam ^c   Wheeler, Patrick R ^d  

^a AVILA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Decision aid; Functional fixation; Heuristics; User reliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903131110     PISSN: 08887985     EISSN: 15587959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/isys-50608     Document Type: Article

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