#decisionsciences — Public Fediverse posts

"populist attitudes [we]re negatively associated with cognitive reflection (p < 0.05) [and] anti-elite and conflict-seeking conjoint attributes interact[ed] negatively with respondent-level cognitive reflection on the formation of conjoint preferences (p < 0.1). However, I f[ou]nd no such interaction with...."

Pre-registered, peer-reviewed analysis of representative sample (N ≅ 1000): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2024.102868

#decisionSciences #elections #politics #psychology #criticalThinking #publicDiscourse

Martin Bichler, Professor of #DecisionSciences and Systems, suggests that dividing Germany into multiple #electricitypricing zones may not yield the expected results. Instead, #nodalpricing would bring more benefits: http://go.tum.de/466182

📷A.Eckert

AI in the hands of imperfect users
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-022-00737-z
…argues for a systematic approach to identifying the existence and impacts of user biases while using #AI / #ML tools and call for the development of embedded interface design features, drawing on insights from #DecisionSciences and #BehavioralEconomics, to #nudge users towards more critical and reflective #DecisionMaking using AI/ML.
#AIethics #ethics #BoundedRationality

I probably won't #teach any time soon anymore. So just in case it will help anyone, I have just made my old syllabi public at https://economicscience.net/teaching/

Expect syllabi for intro and intermediate courses in #economics, #business #ethics, #DecisionSciences, and #statistics

I will never cease to be amazed at the willful ignorance that prevails in conversations about #COIs and #MotivatedBias. The #DecisionSciences lit is rich but is roundly ignored in almost all of the reporting on these subjects (incl. by the principals involved).

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