David Budescu is a

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

and academic. He is the Anne Anastasi Professor of Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology at

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Personal life

Budescu graduated from the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming Is ...

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, Israel and received his

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quantitative psychology Quantitative psychology is a field of scientific study that focuses on the mathematical modeling, research design and methodology, and statistical analysis of psychological processes. It includes tests and other devices for measuring cognitive ab ...

from the

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...

in 1980. From 1982 to 1992 he taught at the

and, in 1992, accepted an appointment at the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University ...

. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Society and is a past director of the European Association of Decision Making. In 2016 he won the Exeter Prize for the best paper published in the fields of experimental economics, decision theory, and behavioural economics. In 1999 he edited "Games and Human Behavior: Essays in Honor of Amnon Rapoport."

Current work

Budescu researches the effects of uncertainty in human decision-making as well as psychometrics. He has also done work on group decision-making and markets. Budescu is currently the editor of the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

journal Decision. He also sits on the editorial board of the

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making The ''Journal of Behavioral Decision Making'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of psychological decision-making processes. It was established in 1988 and is published five times per year by John Wiley & Sons. The editor-in-ch ...

. In 2009 he was appointed Anne Anastasi Professor of Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology at

. His regular collaborators include

Amnon Rapoport Amnon Rapoport (1936-2022) was an Israeli-born quantitative psychologist who was the Eller Professor Emeritus of Management and Organizations at the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. His research focused on experimental ...

Boris Maciejovsky Boris Maciejovsky is an Austrian behavioral scientist, and an Associate Professor of Management at the School of Business at the University of California, Riverside. He is also the founder and managing partner at Greenleaf Analytics LLC, a behavi ...

, and Dan Ariely.

References

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