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The Impact of Task and Cognitive Style on Decision-making Effectiveness Using a Geographic Information System

The Impact of Task and Cognitive Style on Decision-making Effectiveness Using a Geographic Information System

Martin D. Crossland, Richard T. Herschel, William C. Perkins, Joseph N. Scudder
Copyright: © 2000 |Volume: 12 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 10
ISSN: 1546-2234|EISSN: 1546-5012|ISSN: 1546-2234|EISBN13: 9781615201136|EISSN: 1546-5012|DOI: 10.4018/joeuc.2000010102
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Crossland, Martin D., et al. "The Impact of Task and Cognitive Style on Decision-making Effectiveness Using a Geographic Information System." JOEUC vol.12, no.1 2000: pp.14-23. http://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2000010102

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Crossland, M. D., Herschel, R. T., Perkins, W. C., & Scudder, J. N. (2000). The Impact of Task and Cognitive Style on Decision-making Effectiveness Using a Geographic Information System. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC), 12(1), 14-23. http://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2000010102

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Crossland, Martin D., et al. "The Impact of Task and Cognitive Style on Decision-making Effectiveness Using a Geographic Information System," Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC) 12, no.1: 14-23. http://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2000010102

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Abstract

A laboratory experiment is conducted to investigate how two individual cognitive style factors, field dependence and need-for-cognition, relate to decision-making performance for a spatial task. The intent of the investigation is to establish a methodology for measuring cognitive fit for spatial tasks. The experiment assesses the performance of 142 subjects on a site location task where the problem complexity and availability of a geographic information system are manipulated on two levels. Significant relationships are found for both field dependence and need-for-cognition with the two dependent performance variables, solution time and percent error.

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