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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"risk judgments"”.
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Influence of Acculturation and Individual Differences on Risk Judgments of Construction Laborers
… an effective method for predicting the risk judgments of laborers employed by small construction firms. Predicting the risk judgments of laborers will assist in developing training programs to address these risk factors, which ultimately will reduce injury and fatality rates. Thirty-six …
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Understanding and improving people’s judgments of synergistic risks
Certain hazard combinations present a risk that is greater than the sum of the risk attributable to each constituent hazard. These ‘synergistic risks’ occur in several domains, can vary in magnitude, and often have life-threatening consequences. However, research concerning the extent to which …
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The Effects of Life Stress and Risk-Taking Style on Risk Perception and Driver Performance
<p>This study examined the effects of risk-taking style, stress level, and highway environment on driver performance. In Phase I, 50 subjects were assessed for risk-taking style and stress level. In Phase II, the same subjects were presented with slides of traffic situations that varied in terms of …
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Developing Guidelines for Designing Child Safety Printed Educational Materials: A User-Centered Approach
… the comprehensibility (Cloze test), hazard-risk judgments (carefulness ratings), and understandability (questionnaire) of three booster seat pamphlets. Significance was found for the second iteration pamphlet in both comprehensibility and understandability, but no significance was found in …
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The effect of the specificity of the risk disclosure language on investors' risk and credibility judgments
Companies use different formats in their risk disclosures in their annual and quarterly reports, as well as in their prospectuses. Some companies specifically disclose the nature of their risks by identifying the parties or circumstances that comprise the source of risk. Conversely, other companies …