# Decision-making: qualitative support in investment DSS

> Gokul Bhandari and Khaled Hassanein's MeRC project on investment decision support systems that address psychological biases with a prototype and empirical tests.

Page URL: https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/decision-making/

Research question: Incorporating Qualitative Support in Investment DSS Team: Gokul Bhandari and Khaled Hassanein.

- Investors faced market complexity and biased web information.
- Existing DSS gave quantitative, not psychological, support.

## Objectives

- A taxonomy of judgment biases.
- A prototype DSS tested against bias.
- A validated investor satisfaction model.
- Possible commercial software for sponsors.