Anchoring to a Diagnosis? —Reply

In Reply We agree with Aberegg and Graham that earlier studies of anchoring bias focused on a numerical anchor. We also agree that experiments in a controlled setting would be useful in assessing the hypothesized phenomenon of anchoring to a categorical diagnosis. However, in the absence of these experiments, we believe that our study is among the first to provide empirical support for this phenomenon in a clinical setting.
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research