How safe is safe enough? A psychometric study of attitudes towards technological risks and benefits.

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Fischhoff, Baruch

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1978Description: 26p., 9 figs, 6 tables, 24 refsSubject(s):

Subject: Investigates a technique in which psychometric procedures were used to elicit quantitative judgements of perceived risk, acceptable risk, and perceived benefit for each of 30 activites and technologies. The limitations of the present study and the relationship between this technique and others are discussed, along with the implications of the findings for policy decisions.

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Reprinted from Policy Sciences; 1978; Vol 9; pp127-152

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Investigates a technique in which psychometric procedures were used to elicit quantitative judgements of perceived risk, acceptable risk, and perceived benefit for each of 30 activites and technologies. The limitations of the present study and the relationship between this technique and others are discussed, along with the implications of the findings for policy decisions.

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