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PREDICTING DECISION MAKING BEHAVIOR FROM PERSONALITY AND COGNITIVE VARIABLES.

Authors: John C. Townsend; Walter J. Smith; CATHOLIC UNIV OF AMERICA WASHINGTON D C
Abstract:
In an attempt to write multiple regression equations predicting decision making behavior from personality and cognitive variables, a pilot study and a main study were conducted. Unselected, undergraduate college males and females from two separate universities served as subjects. Predictor groups of variables for each of 13 categories of decision making criteria were hypothesized. The results indicated that seven of the multiple regression equations through their beta coefficients yielded multiple correlation coefficients significant at P

Limitations: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Description: Final rept.
Pages: 71
Report Date: NOV 1964
Contract Number: AF196282822
Report Number: 0125016
Keywords relating to this report:
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(PERSONALITY
(PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)
BEHAVIOR
CORRELATION TECHNIQUESZ
CORRELATION TECHNIQUESZDECISION MAKING
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PERSONALITY)
REASONING
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