2022
DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000289
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The power of rank information.

Abstract: People, organizations, and products are continuously ranked. The explosion of data has made it easy to rank everything, and, increasingly, outlets for information try to reduce information loads by providing rankings. In the present research, we find that rank information exerts a strong effect on decision making over and above the underlying information it summarizes. For example, when multiple options are presented with ratings alone (e.g., "9.7" vs. "9.5") versus with ratings and corresponding ranks (e.g., … Show more

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“…Due to ranking and Likert scales being quite diffused at present, they were used to help participants in starting a group reflection on the specific aspects reported in the templates. We know that rating is a process that helps people make decisions (see [97]) and facilitates moderated discussions. Consequently, the scale helps groups of people collaboratively discuss the aspects to be highlighted-in qualitative terms-as a common decision to be qualitatively underlined and reported.…”
Section: Templates Design For Collaborative Activitiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Due to ranking and Likert scales being quite diffused at present, they were used to help participants in starting a group reflection on the specific aspects reported in the templates. We know that rating is a process that helps people make decisions (see [97]) and facilitates moderated discussions. Consequently, the scale helps groups of people collaboratively discuss the aspects to be highlighted-in qualitative terms-as a common decision to be qualitatively underlined and reported.…”
Section: Templates Design For Collaborative Activitiesmentioning
confidence: 99%