Decision Support Technology To Help Alleviate Confirmation Bias

Decision Support Technology To Help Alleviate Confirmation Bias

1. Purpose

   • Hypothesis
     • If decision support technologies are used, confirmation bias in decision making is alleviated.
   • Summarize previous findings
   • Show capability of decision support technology

2. Concepts

   • Confirmation Bias
     • A lot of research in the area
       • Wason, 1960: Tversky and Kahneman, 1974; Thaler, 2009; Bazerman and Moore, 2012; Etc.
     • People serach out information confirming their beliefs
     • Peolpe disregard information disconfirming their beliefs
   • Decision Support Technology
     • Different shapes and forms
       • DSS e.g.
     • Removes human judgment
     • Algorithms are good at following rules
     • Quantitative and Qualitative decisions

3. Conclusion & Contribution

   • Decision Support Technology Alleviates Confirmation Bias
   • Managers and individuals should consider using decision support technologies

4. Furhter Implications

   • Power of using decision support technology
   • Further research
     • Human technological bias
     • Biases in decision support technologies