Leftmost-digit-bias in an enumerated public sector? An experiment on citizens' judgment of performance information

Numerical performance information is increasingly important to political decision-making in the public sector. Some have suggested that biases in citizens' processing of numerical information can be exploited by politicians to skew citizens' perception of performance. I report on an experi...

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Main Author: Asmus Leth Olsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2013-05-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/12/121112/jdm121112.pdf