Decision, Vol 10(2), Apr 2023, 145-149; doi:10.1037/dec0000203
Answers to substantive questions about advice utilization may depend on how advice utilization is operationalized. In this article, we briefly review common advice utilization operationalizations from existing research. We then advocate for the use, when possible, of regression-based and in particular polynomial-regression-based operationalizations, rather than formula-based operationalizations. We moreover advocate for the study of alternative forms of advice that, though seemingly common in the “real world,” have received hardly any research attention. Similarly, we advocate for the study of additional (beyond changes in judgments or choices) decision-maker cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses to advice. We end by discussing how advice utilization can be operationalized for these alternative forms of advice and additional decision-maker responses to advice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)