Choice overload: a conceptual review and meta-analysis

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99 observations; four moderators (choice set complexity, decision task difficulty, preference uncertainty, decision goal); overall effect significant once moderators are included, contradicting earlier meta-analytic findings.

99 observations; four moderators (choice set complexity, decision task difficulty, preference uncertainty, decision goal); overall effect significant once moderators are included, contradicting earlier meta-analytic findings.

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doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2014.08.002. Abstract read: 99 observations; four moderators (choice set complexity, decision task difficulty, preference uncertainty, decision goal); overall effect significant once moderators are included, contradicting earlier meta-analytic findings.