Effects of Information Sequence and Irrelevant Distractor Information When Using a Computer-based Decision Aid

Computer‐based decision aids are intended to support and improve human judgments. Frequently, the largest portion of the design effort is devoted to the technical aspects of the system; behavioral aspects are often overlooked. As a result, the decision aid may be ineffective. An experiment was condu...

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Published in:Decision sciences 2001-03, Vol.32 (1), p.145-164
Main Authors: Reneau, J. Hal, Blanthorne, Cindy
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Human-computer interaction
Performance evaluation
Studies
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