Generalizing stopping rule research: Development of scales

ABSTRACT

The information search process has been of interest for several decades and across several disciplines of research. Of importance here, every decision-making process must involve a step of determining when enough information has been collected. In information systems research, five cognitive stopping rules have been determined to assess what encourages a decision maker to stop collecting information to help in their decision process. Previously, these five stopping rules have only been assessed using open-ended questions of participants. In this research, measurement items are developed, tested, revised, and retested to offer a new tool that allows for new methodologies in cognitive stopping rule research. By offering measurement scales, the scope and breadth of research in this area can be greatly expanded and increasingly generalized for broader audiences.

KEYWORDS:

• Stopping rules
• scale development
• decision-making