Decision Science
Selected Recent Publications
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This survey in one of the most rebellious refugee camps of the Palestinian West Bank showed that collective orientation (thinking on behalf of the group) was associated with high-risk and high-sacrifice defense activities, while individual orientations (self-interest) were not.
We introduce a general framework to predict how decision sets used in decision-making / experiments impact the quality of parameter estimates.
We derive an analytic model of the inter-judge correlation as a function of five underlying parameters.
We propose the use of pair-wise comparisons of models to produce more informative and targeted comparisons of their performance, and we illustrate this procedure with data from two recently published papers.
. Phishing-related decisions are sensitive to individuals’ detection ability, response bias, confidence, and perception of consequences.
Reviews the roles of scientific and ethical judgments in formal analyses.
A summary of research on adolescent decision making, from a decision science perspective.
Fischhoff, B. (1992). Giving advice: Decision theory perspectives on sexual assault. American Psychologist, 47, 577-588. Uses the challenge of providing responsible advice regarding sexual assault to illustrate the decision science approach to difficult choices.
. We evaluate the possibility that beliefs about God can mitigate bias against other groups and reduce barriers to peace.
We assess the technical and economic feasibility of DC circuits using data for 120 traditionally-wired AC homes in Austin, Texas to understand the effect of highly variable demand profiles on DC-powered residences.
We suggest that the “power usage and effectiveness” metric is incomplete, failing to address hardware efficiency, energy productivity, and environmental performance.
This review suggests several guidelines for improving research quality in the area of information and communication technology.
This work examines whether younger high-risk adolescent females could adequately self-select and self-medicate if FDA assigned the emergency contraceptive, "Plan B," over-the-counter status.
Inspired by research showing that wanting (one's motivation to engage in an activity) often diverges from liking (one's enjoyment of the activity), this article details the development and validation of a new measure to examine the distinction between wanting and liking within a sexual relationship.
Using data from the Clean Mechanism Development project database between 2004 and 2012, this study shows that while China made progress in bringing down the levelized cost of wind electricity and cost of carbon mitigation, costs are still higher than expected.
http://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12088 This paper evaluates the use of "overseas" offices by leading basic science funding agencies (e.g. the National Science Foundation) as a policy tool for facilitating international scientific collaboration and partnerships.
We discuss how to apply behavior and decision research to climate issues.