The influence of confirmation bias on the decision making of emergency services pilots : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Aviation at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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The influence of confirmation bias on the decision making of emergency services pilots : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Aviation at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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Massey University

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Massey Research Online

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Pilots of emergency services aircraft face complex, challenging, and life and death situations on a regular basis as part of their roles. The purpose of this research was to investigate how confirmation bias may influence pilots to make potentially unsafe decisions. Confirmation bias has previously been found to adversely affect decision quality in several areas of aviation. 101 emergency services pilots participated in this research by using an online tool which presented them with three sce...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2022

Creator

Browne, Matthew

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10179/17635

Related subjects

350901 Air transportation and freight services / 520402 Decision making

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