Exploring the time-saving bias: How drivers misestimate time saved when increasing speed
| Autor: | Eyal Peer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | Judgment and Decision Making, Vol 5, Pp 477-488 (2010) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 19302975 1930-2975 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1930297500001649 |
| Popis: | According to the time-saving bias, drivers underestimate the time saved when increasing from a low speed and overestimate the time saved when increasing from a relatively high speed. Previous research used a specific type of task — drivers were asked to estimate time saved when increasing speed and to give a numeric response — to show this. The present research conducted two studies with multiple questions to show that the time-saving bias occurs in other tasks. Study 1 found that drivers committed the time-saving bias when asked to estimate (a) the time saved when increasing speed or (b) the distance that can be completed at a given time when increasing speed or (c) the speed required to complete a given distance in decreasing times. Study 2 showed no major differences in estimations of time saved compared to estimations of the remaining journey time and also between responses given on a numeric scale versus a visual analog scale. Study 3 tested two possible explanations for the time-saving bias: a Proportion heuristic and a Differences heuristic. Some evidence was found for use of the latter. |
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