Event Title

Poster: Creating Order: The Role of Heuristics in Website Selection

Location

Moakley Atrium

Start Time

13-5-2015 4:00 PM

End Time

13-5-2015 5:00 PM

Description

A heuristic is a mental short-cut used in decision-making which allows people to make choices more efficiently. While they can be effective strategies they may also lead to biases. The present study researched how students used heuristics when evaluating websites retrieved from a Google search.

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May 13th, 4:00 PM May 13th, 5:00 PM

Poster: Creating Order: The Role of Heuristics in Website Selection

Moakley Atrium

A heuristic is a mental short-cut used in decision-making which allows people to make choices more efficiently. While they can be effective strategies they may also lead to biases. The present study researched how students used heuristics when evaluating websites retrieved from a Google search.