How Some Experiments Use Emails to Control for Systemic Bias
Researchers put a twist on a classic experimental design.
How Some Experiments Use Emails to Control for Systemic BiasHow rethinking deadlines could save managers time and money
Managers may be overestimating the time it takes to complete a task—and overpaying contractors in the process.
A long deadline makes managers think a task is more involved.
Indranil Goswami and Oleg Urminsky, “More Time, More Work: How Non-diagnostic Time Limits Bias Estimates of Project Duration and Scope,” Working paper, March 2014.
Researchers put a twist on a classic experimental design.
How Some Experiments Use Emails to Control for Systemic BiasTelling a customer ‘it could be better’ can make them less willing to buy.
To Sell More, Say LessPublic-health messages that take risk tolerance into account could encourage vaccine take-up.
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