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Author: | Desanctis, G. Järvenpää, S. L. |
Title: | Graphical presentation of accounting data for financial forecasting: an experimental investigation. |
Journal: | Accounting, Organizations and Society
1989 : VOL. 14:5/6, p. 509-525 |
Index terms: | REPORT WRITING GRAPHS FINANCIAL FORECASTING |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | A laboratory study comparing impact of numeric and graphical reporting formats on users' judgment heuristics and judgements accuracy in forecasting financial statement information. Three formats are evaluated: reports with numeric data; those with graphical data; and combination of numeric and graphical data. Research issues and hypotheses. Forecast accuracy and graphics. Cognitive biases and graphics. Confidence and practice effects of graphics. Methodology. Dependent measures. Procedure. Results. Eight Tables and a Figure illustrate the analysis. |
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