Multiple regression as a model for human information utilization

The Role of Personal History Data in Clinical Judgment: A Selective Focus

“…The potential of such a molecular focus in providing empirically weighted guidelines for clinicians regarding "what to look for" or "what to assign priority to" for particular clinical tasks was actualized by Gunderson and Kapfer (1 966) through the use of regression analysis techniques. This trend toward more sophisticated use of statistical, mathmatical, and computerbased models for investigating clinical inference unquestionably has been on the increase (Beach, 1967; Gaier & Lee, 1 9 5 3 ; Goldberg, 1970;Hammond, Hursch, & Todd, 1964;Hoffman, 1960;Hoffman, Slovic, & Rorer, 1968;Mirabile, Houck, & Glueck, 1971;Sarbin, Taft, & Bailey, 1960;Shipley, Powell, & Harley, 1970;Sines, 1966;Snapper & Peterson, 1971;Stone, 1970;Stone & Linscheid, 1971;Stroebel & Glueck, 1970;Warr & Smith, 1970;and, Wiggins & Hoffman, 1968).…”

Identifying operative goals by modeling project selection decisions in research and development

“…Much of the research has been focused upon constructing mathematical models which explain the decision making behavior of individuals (e.g., Christal [10], Goldberg [19], Slovic [38], Ashton [2], Zedeck and Kafry [44], and Dawes [14]). In nearly all instances, a linear model has adequately modeled the relationship between an individual's decisions and the criteria used to arrive at those decisions (Hoffman [24], Beach [4], Darlington [13], Dawes and Corri-gan [15], Keren and Newman [27], Laughlin [28], and Dawes [14] ). Consequently, researchers frequently model individuals' decision making behavior via the following linear model:…”