Basic Research

Risk Perception and Communication

Psychometrics of Risk

527 Savadori, L., Savio, S., Nicotra, E., Rumiati, R., Finucane, M., & Slovic, P. (2004). Expert and public perception of risk from biotechnology. Risk Analysis, 24, 1289-1299.

499 Olsen, R.A. (2001). Behavioral finance as science: Implications from the research of Paul Slovic. The Journal of Psychology and Financial Markets, 2, 157-159.

379 Slovic, P., Flynn, J., Mertz, C. K., Poumadere, M., & Mays, C. (2000). Nuclear power and the public: A comparative study of risk perception in France and the United States. In O. Renn & B. Rohrmann (Eds.), Cross-cultural risk perception: A survey of empirical studies (pp. 55-102). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.

432 Purchase, I. F. H., & Slovic, P. (1999). Quantitative risk assessment breeds fear. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 5, 445-453.

383 Olsen, R. A. (1997, March/April). Investment risk: The experts' perspective. Financial Analysts Journal, 62-66.

364 DeWispelare, A. R., Herren, L. T., & Clemen, R. T. (1995). The use of probability elicitation in the high-level nuclear waste regulation program. International Journal of Forecasting, 11, 5-24.

359 Krewski, D., Slovic, P., Bartlett, S., Flynn, J. & Mertz, C.K. (1995). Health risk perception in Canada II: Worldviews, attitudes and opinions. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 1(3), 231-248.

373 Krewski, D., Slovic, P., Bartlett, S., Flynn, J., & Mertz, C.K. (1995). Health risk perception in Canada I: Rating hazards, sources of information and responsibility for health protection. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 1(2), 117-132.

311 MacGregor, D. G., Slovic, P., & Morgan, M. G. (1994). Perception of risks from electromagnetic fields: A psychometric evaluation of a risk-communication approach. Risk Analysis, 14(5), 815-828.

305 Benthin, A., Slovic, P., & Severson, H. (1993). A psychometric study of adolescent risk perception. Journal of Adolescence, 16, 153-168.

289 Slovic, P. (1992). Perception of risk: Reflections on the psychometric paradigm. In S. Krimsky & D. Golding (Eds.), Social theories of risk (pp 117-152). New York: Praeger.

242 Furby, L., Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B., & Gregory, R. (1988). Public perceptions of electric power transmission lines. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 8, 19-43.

190 Fischhoff, B., Svenson, O., & Slovic, P. (1987). Active responses to environmental hazards: Perceptions and decision making. In D. Stokols & I. Altman (Eds.), Handbook of environmental psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 1089-1133). New York: Wiley.

230 Englander, T., Farago, K., Slovic, P., & Fischhoff, B. (1986). A comparative analysis of risk perception in Hungary and the United States. Social Behaviour: An International Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1, 55-66.

191 Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B., & Lichtenstein, S. (1986). The psychometric study of risk perception. In V. T. Covello, J. Menkes, & J. Mumpower (Eds.), Risk evaluation and management (pp. 3-24). New York: Plenum.

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