Englich, Mussweiler & Strack (2006) — anchoring replicates with JUDGES: sentences track dice rolls, despite judges' confidence they don't

Summary

Claim: Englich, Mussweiler & Strack (2006) showed anchoring with judges: experimentally-induced sentencing demands (in some studies via dice rolls) shifted judges' sentences, even when judges were confident the influence had not affected them.

Source: Englich, Mussweiler & Strack (2006).

Confidence: Verified.

Why this matters for Candid: Companion to Northcraft & Neale (1987) — anchoring replicates with REAL-ESTATE EXPERTS: agents' valuations track arbitrary listing prices, despite experts' confidence they don't — even judges, professionally trained to set numbers based on evidence, anchor on arbitrary numbers. Reinforces R7 — Treat every public number on a client site as an anchor; design accordingly from the calculator brief.