Scoring and predicting risk preferences
Ertek, Gürdal and Kaya, Murat and Kefeli, Cemre and Onur, Özge and Uzer, Kerem (2011) Scoring and predicting risk preferences. In: Cao, Longbing and Yu, Philip S., (eds.) Behavior Computing: Modeling, Analysis, Mining and Decision. Springer, Berlin. (Accepted/In Press) AbstractThis study presents a methodology to determine risk scores of individuals, for a given financial risk preference survey. To this end, we use a regression-based
iterative algorithm to determine the weights for survey questions in the scoring process. Next, we generate classification models to classify individuals
into risk-averse and risk-seeking categories, using a subset of survey questions. We illustrate the methodology through a sample survey with 656 respondents. We find that the demographic (indirect) questions can be almost as successful as risk-related (direct) questions in predicting risk preference classes of respondents. Using a decision-tree based classification model, we discuss how one can generate actionable business rules based on the findings. Available Versions of this Item- Scoring and predicting risk preferences. (deposited 29 Dec 2011 21:22) [Currently Displayed]
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