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This talk at the Judgment & Decision Making Conference 2008 explores the research need for creating solutions and dynamic decisions in web-based experiments. The focus is on generating web-pages "on the fly", without using AI, through a predefined process and format/style. The cost/benefit trade-off and alternative methods of presenting stimuli are discussed.
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Interactive Choice Jan Crow & Tim Weninger Judgment & Decision Making Conference 2008
Building Interactive Choice • Focus of talk • Research need → application • Research question: creating solutions, dynamic decisions • Web-pages generated “on the fly” • Not AI • Predefined process and format/style • Server application • Cost/benefit trade off • “If you can dream it, you can build it”(Weninger, 2005)
Introduction/Instructions/ Informed Consent Cascading Style Sheet Assigns unique ID Condition 1 Condition 2 Condition 3 Attribute 1..6 Attr. Level Product 1 Product 2 Product 3 Condition 1 Same Process Condition 3 Same Process Replication 2 Attribute 1..6 Attr. Level Product 1 Product 2 Product 3 Replication 3 Attribute 1..6 Attr. Level Closing Questions/ Debriefing Statement Randomization with replacement Randomization without replacement Data placed in pre-defined database Product 1 Product 2 Product 3 Replication 1 Error checking
Cost Upfront costs Development Server Assistance Length of study Benefit Alternative methods of presenting stimuli Diverse populations Reduced participation pool restrictions Once basic structure is in place, easy to revise Cost/Benefit Trade Off
Acknowledgements • Decision Research Group, Kansas State University • Judgment Decision Making Lab, Ohio State University • National Science Foundation, DRMS • Advanced Training Institute in Social Psychology Experiments via the WWW