Available Studies
MAP, MARS, Clinical Core
Categories
Decision Making and Behavioral Economics
Financial decision making ability is measured using a 6-item version of the Decision Making Competence Assessment Tool, created by Finucane. Participants view a module involving tables that provide financial information about mutual funds. The information provided in the module is designed to simulate materials used in financial settings in the real world.
Participants are then asked 6 questions of varying difficulty levels (3 simple and 3 complex) that assess comprehension and integration of the information in the tables. The complex problems parallel the simple problems but present information about many more options. The score for financial decision making ranges from 0 to 6 and represents the number of questions answered correctly. If 3 or more questions are missing, then the score cannot be calculated.
Participants are asked the following questions based on the provided tables:
Note: In previous research, the decision making measure has been shown to have adequate psychometric properties including high inter-rater reliability and short-term temporal stability.