Information Credibility and Choosing Policy Alternatives

Recent studies suggest that individual perceptions of information credibility are important determinants of knowledge utilization in government decisionmaking. This theory—credibility logic—has been mostly normative. One positive theory, cognitive response, is used along with credibility-logic arguments to predict evaluations of alternatives with varying degrees of net benefits and information credibility. Experimental results for 75 MPA students using a 3x3 repeated measures with Latin square design found mixed support for cognitive-response theory. Credibility was most important when it contradicted net benefit levels and for the evaluation of proposals reporting medium net benefits

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Credibility · Econometrics · Economics · Political science · Positive economics · Test (biology · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research

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