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Elimination and Inclusion Procedures in Judgment
Author(s) -
YANIV ILAN,
SCHUL YAACOV
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of behavioral decision making
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0771
pISSN - 0894-3257
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0771(199709)10:3<211::aid-bdm250>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - complementarity (molecular biology) , inclusion (mineral) , set (abstract data type) , selection (genetic algorithm) , computer science , process (computing) , mathematical economics , econometrics , psychology , operations research , mathematics , social psychology , machine learning , genetics , biology , programming language , operating system
Consider two judgment procedures for selecting an answer from a set of multiple alternatives. One could answer a question either by including likely alternatives from the initial set of alternatives or by eliminating the least likely alternatives from that same initial set. An interesting question is whether the two judgment processes are equivalent and yield the same final selection. The results from two studies indicate that individuals generate significantly larger sets of candidates in an elimination process than in an inclusion process, with concurrent increase in accuracy. We show that this finding is a logical consequence of the non‐complementarity of elimination and inclusion, and suggest a screening model with two criteria to explain the results. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.