James Shanteau is an American professor

Professor

A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

 and psychologist

Psychologist

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. He is co-developer of the Cochran-Weiss-Shanteau index of performance, which measures expert performance in the absence of independent criteria.

Shanteau is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Kansas State University

Kansas State University

Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...

. He is a recipient of the 2003 Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award.

Shanteau has done research in different areas related to decision making.

He frequently contributes to discussion panels at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave

Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave

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External links

• http://www.k-state.edu/psych/cws/pdf/obhdp_paper91.PDF
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V5T-4BVP64F-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=abecef009c678f2449a01d98641867e7
• http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=bz6rAfBhxtwC&dq=james+shanteau&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=Btxd9Hm2ZE&sig=WexV-ctnItVse1GcIfwFdfY80hI&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result