Monitoring Information Processing and Decisions: The Mouselab System

Abstract

In order to better understand the cognitive processes underlying judgment and choice, decision researchers have begun to use a variety of process tracing techniques. The idea is to complement many traditional measures of judgment and choice with a high density of observations on the intermediate stages of processing. This report documents a procedure for monitoring the information acquisition stages of decision behavior. The procedure is based on a micro-computer controlled pointing device called a mouse. The procedure offers a number of flexible graphics and data recording routines. The relationship of the procedure to other process tracing techniques is discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA205963

Entities

People

  • David A. Schkade
  • Eric J. Johnson
  • James R. Bettman
  • John W. Payne

Organizations

  • Duke University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cognition
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Displays
  • Data Sets
  • Debugging
  • Errors
  • Eye Movements
  • Information Processing
  • Judgment
  • Matrix Displays
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Theoretical Analysis.