Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 23
An information integration theory analysis of attractiveness of bus systems
(2010-03-14)
Actual bus riders received information about frequency of service, fare, and comfort aspects of some bus systems and indicated how much they would like to travel in those buses. Information integration theory, which deals ...
Prediction of exam performance by children: evidence for utilization of four pieces of information
(2010-03-14)
Kindergarten through fourth grade children (n=120) predicted exam performance of stimulus students from information about their current motivation and ability. Each kind of information came from two independent sources and ...
Information reliability and prediction of performance: role of initial opinion in multiplying model
(2010-03-14)
All the models of information integration predict that the greater the reliability of an information, the greater its effectiveness. However, they disagree with the relationship between reliability of information of one ...
Determinants of error variance in individual child analysis for studying integrational capacity
(2010-03-14)
In research on information integration by children, integrational capacity of a child is ascertained by the number of statistically significant main effects in analysis of variance for the child. Such an approach has an ...
Expected performance in Human/Computer applications as a function of user proficiency and system power
(2010-03-14)
Managers and students of management in India predicted performance in human/computer systems from information about the user's proficiency with computers and the power of the system. User proficiency was defined as the ...
Two problems in cognitive algebra: imputations and averaging - versus - multiplying
(2010-03-13)
Imputations are important, but they have received only scattered attention. Most studies of information integration present specific pieces of information that control the judgment. The wide success of cognitive algebra ...
Prediction of son's performance in easy through difficult exams by Indian parents
(2010-03-14)
Prediction of exam performance from information about motivation and ability of students by Indian subjects always supported an adding-type rule. As this rule implies that motivation is equally effective with persons of ...
Culture development and task differences in prediction of performance: an information integration analysis
(2010-03-14)
Past research showed that Indian children average information about motivation and ability in prediction of performance. However, a multiplying-type rule develops from an adding-type rule in American children. The present ...
Contributions to judgment and decision
(2010-03-14)
This paper presents an overview of the theoretical, methodological, and applied contributions that the author's research program on prediction of performance has made to the literature on judgement and decision. It is shown ...
An integration-theoretical analysis of cultural and developmental differences in attribution of performance
(2010-03-18)
Singh, Gupta, and Dalal proposed that American and Indian college students differ in their cultural outlook on how motivation and ability determine performance. Americans follow a multiplying rule which implies that effort ...