The ratio bias phenomenon: fact or artifact?

DOI10.1007/s11238-010-9212-9zbMath1274.91146MaRDI QIDQ763344

Ferdinand M. Vieider, Mathieu Lefebvre, Marie Claire Villeval

Publication date: 9 March 2012

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00435956/file/0925.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

experiment; financial incentives; error rates; ratio bias

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B06: Decision theory

62D05: Sampling theory, sample surveys

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