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The study aims to understand how individuals deal with choices involving conflicting models and their inaccuracies.

February 2, 2026Open Access

Choice with competing models: an experimental study

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Experimental findings highlight how individuals navigate conflicting models in decision making, suggesting a cautious approach under uncertainty.

The study aims to understand how individuals deal with choices involving conflicting models and their inaccuracies.
Experimental design to assess individuals' decision-making behavior when presented with multiple models.
Evaluation of participants’ ability to intuit correlations among variables from the models provided.
Analysis of choice behaviors focusing on worst-case outcomes when the correct model is unidentified.
Many individuals intuitively reject models conflicting with observed data.
Participants tend to focus on worst-case outcomes when unable to find the correct model, contradicting assumptions of optimization efforts.
The findings remain consistent regardless of increased stakes during the experiment.

Ambuehl et al. (2024) studied this question.

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Experimental findings highlight how individuals navigate conflicting models in decision making, suggesting a cautious approach under uncertainty.