[article]
Titre : |
Imprecise data sets as a source of ambiguity : A model and experimental evidence |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Ayala Arad, Auteur ; Gabrielle Gayer, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2012 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 188-202 |
Note générale : |
Management |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Decision analysis Theory Inference Uncertainty |
Résumé : |
In many circumstances, evaluations are based on empirical data. However, some observations may be imprecise, meaning that it is not entirely clear what occurred in them. We address the question of how beliefs are formed in these situations. The individual in our model is essentially a “frequentist.” He first makes a subjective judgment about the occurrence of the event for each imprecise observation. This may be any number between zero and one. He then evaluates the event by its “subjective” frequency of occurrence. Our model connects the method of processing imprecise observations with the individual's attitude toward ambiguity. An individual who in imprecise observations puts low (high) weight on the possibility that an event occurred is ambiguity averse (loving). An experiment supports the main assertions of the model: with precise data, subjects behave as if there were no ambiguity, whereas with imprecise data subjects turn out to be ambiguity averse. |
DEWEY : |
658 |
ISSN : |
0025-1909 |
En ligne : |
http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/58/1/188.abstract |
in Management science > Vol. 58 N° 1 (Janvier 2012) . - pp. 188-202
[article] Imprecise data sets as a source of ambiguity : A model and experimental evidence [texte imprimé] / Ayala Arad, Auteur ; Gabrielle Gayer, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 188-202. Management Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Management science > Vol. 58 N° 1 (Janvier 2012) . - pp. 188-202
Mots-clés : |
Decision analysis Theory Inference Uncertainty |
Résumé : |
In many circumstances, evaluations are based on empirical data. However, some observations may be imprecise, meaning that it is not entirely clear what occurred in them. We address the question of how beliefs are formed in these situations. The individual in our model is essentially a “frequentist.” He first makes a subjective judgment about the occurrence of the event for each imprecise observation. This may be any number between zero and one. He then evaluates the event by its “subjective” frequency of occurrence. Our model connects the method of processing imprecise observations with the individual's attitude toward ambiguity. An individual who in imprecise observations puts low (high) weight on the possibility that an event occurred is ambiguity averse (loving). An experiment supports the main assertions of the model: with precise data, subjects behave as if there were no ambiguity, whereas with imprecise data subjects turn out to be ambiguity averse. |
DEWEY : |
658 |
ISSN : |
0025-1909 |
En ligne : |
http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/58/1/188.abstract |
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