Bathtub Dynamics Revisited: Exploring the Engineering Domain
F. Kapmeier, M. Tilebein, and R. Happach. SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. 33RD 2015. (4 VOLS), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 19th -23rd Jul 2015, 2, page 1570-1603. System Dynamics Society, (2015)
Abstract
SF-failure, the inability of people to correctly determine the behavior of simple stock and flow structures is subject of a long research stream. Reasons for SF-failure can be attributed to different reasons, one of them being lacking domain specific experience, thus familiarity with the problem context. In this article we present a continuation of an experiment to examine the role of educational background in SFperformance. We base the question set on the Bathtub Dynamics tasks introduced by Booth Sweeney and Sterman (2000) and vary the cover stories. In this paper we describe how we developed and tested a new cover story for the engineering domain and implemented the recommendations from a prior study. We test three sets of questions with engineering students which enables us to compare the results to a previous study in which we tested the questions with business students. Results mainly support our hypothesis that context familiarity increases SF-performance. With our findings we further develop the methodology of the research on SF-failure.
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%A Kapmeier, F
%A Tilebein, M
%A Happach, R. M.
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%E Chichakly, K.
%E Saeed, K.
%I System Dynamics Society
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%P 1570-1603
%T Bathtub Dynamics Revisited: Exploring the Engineering Domain
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%X SF-failure, the inability of people to correctly determine the behavior of simple stock and flow structures is subject of a long research stream. Reasons for SF-failure can be attributed to different reasons, one of them being lacking domain specific experience, thus familiarity with the problem context. In this article we present a continuation of an experiment to examine the role of educational background in SFperformance. We base the question set on the Bathtub Dynamics tasks introduced by Booth Sweeney and Sterman (2000) and vary the cover stories. In this paper we describe how we developed and tested a new cover story for the engineering domain and implemented the recommendations from a prior study. We test three sets of questions with engineering students which enables us to compare the results to a previous study in which we tested the questions with business students. Results mainly support our hypothesis that context familiarity increases SF-performance. With our findings we further develop the methodology of the research on SF-failure.
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title = {Bathtub Dynamics Revisited: Exploring the Engineering Domain},
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