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FORECASTING BIASES – A LAB EXPERIMENT
Term:
IAP and Spring
Department:
15: Management
Faculty Supervisor:
David Thesmar
Faculty email:
thesmar@mit.edu
Apply by:
1/5/20
Contact:
Email Professor David Thesmar directly with subject line: 'IAP UROP opportunity'. Include resume.
Project Description
The goal of this UROP is to prepare and run experiments designed to capture forecasting biases. Participants are assigned a simple task of forecasting on a visual interface, and we want to manipulate memory and attention in order to understand the source of forecasting biases. https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/david-thesmar
Pre-requisites
Very good knowledge of javascript is necessary. The platform already exists but needs important modification