Cognitive Bias in Perceptions of Industrialized Housing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
2.1. Sample
2.2. Questionnaire
2.3. Stimulus
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Phase I: Existence of Bias toward Industrialized Housing
3.2. Phase II: Effect of Prior Information on Industrialized Housing Bias
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Non-Sector Related | Sector Related | |||||
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Condition | Label | Image | Female | Male | Female | Male |
Information | Industrialized | Industrialized | 14 | 13 | - | - |
Non-industrialized | 15 | 16 | - | - | ||
Non-industrialized | Industrialized | 16 | 11 | - | - | |
Non-industrialized | 17 | 12 | - | - | ||
Non-information | Industrialized | Industrialized | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 |
Non-industrialized | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | ||
Non-industrialized | Industrialized | 13 | 13 | 6 | 7 | |
Non-industrialized | 14 | 14 | 6 | 8 |
Phase and Purpose | Hypothesis Proposed | Dependent Variable | Independent Variables |
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I. To know if there is a bias toward industrialized housing | Q1: (h1) There is a bias based on the term “industrialized” | Like Rating |
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Q2: (h2) The bias is specific to people who are not experts in the sector | Like Rating |
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II. To know if the provision of prior information on industrialized homes influences their valuation | Q3: (h3) The bias toward industrialized housing is influenced by prior information. | Like Rating of non-experts |
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Q4: (h4) Prior information affects the set of assessments of industrialized housing | Set of assessments of non-experts |
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Nolé, M.L.; Montañana, A.; Barranco-Merino, R.; Higuera-Trujillo, J.L.; Llinares, C. Cognitive Bias in Perceptions of Industrialized Housing. Buildings 2024, 14, 2665. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14092665
Nolé ML, Montañana A, Barranco-Merino R, Higuera-Trujillo JL, Llinares C. Cognitive Bias in Perceptions of Industrialized Housing. Buildings. 2024; 14(9):2665. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14092665
Chicago/Turabian StyleNolé, María Luisa, Antoni Montañana, Robi Barranco-Merino, Juan Luis Higuera-Trujillo, and Carmen Llinares. 2024. "Cognitive Bias in Perceptions of Industrialized Housing" Buildings 14, no. 9: 2665. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14092665