Consistencies and Biases in Risk Perception: II. Individual Subjects' Performance

I analyzed intuitive frequency judgments for deaths from 11 well-known causes. Data analysis at individual subjects' level showed that the response-range effect noted in 1994 by Saito, Kawabata, and Yamagishi operates at the individual subjects' level. Also, the response tendencies exhibited by individuals were highly consistent across three different methods of judgment elicitation. Implications for risk-perception research are discussed.