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
Link To Document :
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