Fast, frugal and correct? An experimental study on the influence of time scarcity and quantity of information on the voter decision making process

Public Choice ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 177 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 67-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Tóth ◽  
Roman Chytilek
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Voter Decision Making

scholarly journals Group support system and explanatory feedback: An experimental study of mitigating halo effect

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 417
Author(s):  
Intiyas Utami ◽  
Sutarto Wijono
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Support System ◽  
Halo Effect ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Group Support ◽  
Group Support System ◽  
Online Web

Comprehensive assessment potentially leads to halo effect that will affect accuracy of auditors decision-making process. Biased initial audit decision will potentially influence final audit decision. It is there-fore necessary to mitigate halo effect that is the consequence of auditors good impression on clients initial condition. This re-search aims to empirically show that halo effect can be mitigated by explanatory feedback and Group Support System (GSS). The researchers experimentally mani-pulate explanatory feedback and GSS using online web-site. The subjects are stu-dents who have already taken auditing courses. The results show that: 1) explanato-ry feedback can mitigate halo effect so that audit decision will be more accurate 2) GSS can also mitigate halo effect 3) explanatory feedback and GSS are the best me-thods to mitigate halo effect.

The effects of direct voting and deliberation on legitimacy beliefs: an experimental study of small group decision-making

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael Persson ◽  
Peter Esaiasson ◽  
Mikael Gilljam
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Democratic Theory ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary Finding ◽  
Legitimacy Beliefs

In democratic theory, two frequently occurring ideas are that deliberation and direct voting in referendums can increase perceived legitimacy of democratic procedures. To evaluate this claim, we conducted a controlled field experiment in which 215 high school students participated by being subject to a decision on a collective issue. The decision was made either by direct voting or as a non-voting procedure (decision made by the teacher). Additionally, we manipulated the opportunities for deliberation prior to the decision. Our primary finding is that both voting and deliberation significantly increase perceived legitimacy compared with a procedure in which these components are absent. However, applying both voting and deliberation does not yield significantly higher perceived legitimacy than applying voting without deliberation. We also found that perceived influence in the decision-making process mediates the effect of both voting and deliberation, whereas the epistemic quality of the decision, which is heavily emphasized in deliberative democratic theory, gained no support as a mediator.

Ballot Paper Photographs and Low-Information Elections in Ireland

Politics ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Buckley ◽  
Neil Collins ◽  
Theresa Reidy
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
European Elections ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Voting Participation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Voter Decision Making

In an attempt to facilitate greater voting participation in the Republic of Ireland, photographs of candidates have been placed on the ballot paper for local, national and European elections. Limited research undertaken in advance of the implementation of the photograph policy advised that the measure would assist people with literacy problems. However, social psychology research has long demonstrated that people are willing to make considerable judgements about a person when shown a photograph. The advent of ballot paper photographs allows candidates to be evaluated on the basis of their appearance. This article will explore how photographs could have become a factor in voter decision-making. Providing additional knowledge to encourage greater participation and engagement has introduced a possible new level of superficiality into the voter decision-making process.

scholarly journals Altruism, Noise, and the Paradox of Voter Turnout: An Experimental Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Tulman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Quantal Response ◽  
Voting Participation

This paper addresses the paradox of voter turnout, wherein observed voting participation rates are far greater than what rational choice theory would predict. Voters face multiple voting choices, stochastic voting costs, and candidates offering different economic platforms. A combination of two approaches attempts to resolve this paradox: quantal response equilibrium (QRE) analysis, which introduces noise into the decision-making process, and the possibility of ethical (altruism-motivated) voting. A series of laboratory experiments empirically tests the predictions of the resulting model. Participants in the experiments are also given opportunities for communicating online with their immediate neighbors, in order to enhance the chances that subjects would realize the possibility of ethical voting. The results show that ethical voting occurs but gains momentum only in the presence of a vocal advocate and even then it mostly dissipated by the second half of the session. The QRE-based model was able to explain some but not all of the overvoting that was observed, relative to the Nash equilibrium prediction. There is evidence to suggest that communication via the chat feature generated some of the voting and also some of the ethical voting.

AAC Decision-Making and Mobile Technology: Points to Ponder

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ann Abbott ◽  
Debby McBride
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Ipod Touch ◽  
Feature Match

The purpose of this article is to outline a decision-making process and highlight which portions of the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) evaluation process deserve special attention when deciding which features are required for a communication system in order to provide optimal benefit for the user. The clinician then will be able to use a feature-match approach as part of the decision-making process to determine whether mobile technology or a dedicated device is the best choice for communication. The term mobile technology will be used to describe off-the-shelf, commercially available, tablet-style devices like an iPhone®, iPod Touch®, iPad®, and Android® or Windows® tablet.

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