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Yes, Prime Minister, question order does matter -- and it's certainly not classical! But is it quantum?

arXiv 2409.08930 ↗First posted 13 Sep 2024cs.AI q-bio.NC quant-phcited by 0

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Abstract (arXiv)

Response to a poll can be manipulated by means of a series of leading questions. We show that such phenomena cannot be explained by use of classical probability theory, whereas quantum probability theory admits a possibility of offering an explanation. Admissible transformation rules in quantum probability, however, do impose some constraints on the modelling of cognitive behaviour, which are highlighted here. Focusing on a recent poll conducted by Ipsos on a set of questions posed by Sir Humphrey Appleby in an episode of the British political satire textitYes, Prime Minister, we show that the resulting data cannot be explained quite so simply using quantum rules, although it seems not impossible.

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  1. 2014Quantum Models for Psychological Measurements: An Unsolved Problemcited by 5
  2. 2017Quantum Probabilities as Behavioral Probabilitiescited by 4
  3. 2022Nondistributivity of human logic and violation of response replicability effect in cognitive psychologycited by 4
  4. 2017Quantum probability updating from zero prior (by-passing Cromwell's rule)cited by 2
  5. 2023Quantum formalism for cognitive psychologycited by 1

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