The effects of feedback and training on the performance of probability forecasters

dc.citation.epage573en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber4en_US
dc.citation.spage559en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber8en_US
dc.contributor.authorBenson, P. G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorÖnkal D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:55:32Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:55:32Z
dc.date.issued1992en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Managementen_US
dc.description.abstractAn experiment examined the effects of outcome feedback and three types of performance feedback-calibration feedback, resolution feedback, and covariance feedback - on various aspects of the performance of probability forecasters. Subjects made 55 forecasts in each of four sessions, receiving feedback prior to making their forecasts in each of the last three sessions. The provision of calibration feedback was effective in improving both the calibration and overforecasting of probability forecasters, but the improvement was not gradual; it occurred in one step, between the second and third sessions. Simple outcome feedback had very little effect on forecasting performance. Neither resolution nor covariance feedback affected forecasters' performances much differently than outcome feedback. However, unlike outcome feedback, the provision of performance feedback caused subjects to manage their use of the probability scale. Subjects switched from two-digit probabilities to one-digit probabilities, and those receiving calibration and resolution feedback also reduced the number of different probabilities they used. © 1992.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/0169-2070(92)90066-Ien_US
dc.identifier.eissn1872-8200en_US
dc.identifier.issn0169-2070en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/26133
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-2070(92)90066-Ien_US
dc.source.titleInternational Journal of Forecastingen_US
dc.subjectCalibrationen_US
dc.subjectCovariance decompositionen_US
dc.subjectJudgmental forecastingen_US
dc.subjectOutcome feedbacken_US
dc.subjectPerformance feedbacken_US
dc.subjectProbability forecastingen_US
dc.subjectResolutionen_US
dc.subjectScoring rulesen_US
dc.subjectSubjective probabilityen_US
dc.titleThe effects of feedback and training on the performance of probability forecastersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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