A psychological model for aggregating judgments of magnitude

Authors:
Edgar C. Merkle;Mark Steyvers
Affiliations:
Department of Psychology, Wichita State University;Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine
Venue:
SBP'11 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Social computing, behavioral-cultural modeling and prediction
Year:
2011

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Abstract

In this paper, we develop and illustrate a psychologically-motivated model for aggregating judgments of magnitude across experts. The model assumes that experts' judgments are perturbed from the truth by both systematic biases and random error, and it provides aggregated estimates that are implicitly based on the application of nonlinear weights to individual judgments. The model is also easily extended to situations where experts report multiple quantile judgments. We apply the model to expert judgments concerning flange leaks in a chemical plant, illustrating its use and comparing it to baseline measures.