Jane Kennedy
Jane Kennedy appears on this site as co-author of the 2002 Journal of Behavioral Decision Making paper on eliminating recency with self-review in auditors' going-concern judgments.
Who they are
The work of Jane Kennedy reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to The Recency Effect.
Key papers
Ashton, R. H., & Kennedy, J. (2002). Eliminating recency with self-review: The case of auditors' going concern judgments. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 15(3), 221-231. What it reports: Recency appeared in staff auditors' going-concern judgments, and a simple self-review technique eliminated it. Auditors who reviewed their own reasoning were also less likely to choose report options that conflicted with their judgment.
Key ideas
The Recency Effect: the advantage of whatever comes last, seen in long sequences and expert judges
Sources
- Ashton, R. H., & Kennedy, J. (2002). Eliminating recency with self-review: The case of auditors' going concern judgments. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 15(3), 221-231.