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Joseph Simmons is the Dorothy Silberberg Professor of Applied Statistics and Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on improving research credibility through methodological innovation and combating biases in judgment and decision-making.
- Education: Not explicitly mentioned
Research Interests include research methods, judgment and decision-making, and consumer behavior. He investigates biases in human decisions (e.g., anchoring effects, optimistic biases) and advocates for practices like pre-registration to enhance scientific rigor.
Recent Articles highlight his work on confidence intervals in advice-taking, overconfidence in belief distributions, and methodological tools like specification curve analysis to address analytical bias.
- Scientific Awards:
- MBA Excellence in Teaching Award (2019, 2014, 2013, 2012)
- Helen Kardon Moss Anvil Award for outstanding teaching (2013)
- Advising: Mentors students in judgment and decision-making research through Wharton courses.
- Labs: Co-founded the Wharton Credibility Lab, which develops tools (e.g., AsPredicted.org, ResearchBox) to promote research transparency.
