DocumentCode
2133531
Title
The fuzziness index for examining human statistical decision-making
Author
Takayanagi, Sumiko ; Cliff, Norman
Author_Institution
Dept. of Psychol., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fYear
1993
fDate
1993
Firstpage
1150
Abstract
The fuzziness index is described as one of the most efficient and useful experimental tools to examine human decision-making in the area of statistical judgement. This study investigated how statistical significance levels were treated and interpreted by various researchers by using the fuzziness index to measure the degree of fuzziness in hypothesis-testing. The fuzziness index showed a significant association between the magnitude of the fuzziness and the critical point of the human statistical decisions. The research demonstrated the possibility of measuring the human imprecision of the decision boundary, and the effectiveness of the fuzziness index in assessing underlying psychological mechanisms in decision-making
Keywords
decision theory; fuzzy logic; heuristic programming; psychology; critical point; fuzziness index; human imprecision; human statistical decision-making; hypothesis-testing; psychological mechanisms; significance levels; statistical judgement; Anthropometry; Decision making; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy set theory; Humans; Measurement techniques; Probability; Psychology; Testing; Weather forecasting;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fuzzy Systems, 1993., Second IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0614-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FUZZY.1993.327352
Filename
327352
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