Before revision: Questions regarding whether, and if so, under what conditions, groups exhibit '' crowd wisdom'' have spurred numerous studies in many disciplines, including management URLanizational science, psychology, sociology, complex systems, and computer science. Substantial effort in previous research on these questions has focused on investigating the role of social influence in promoting the wisdom of the crowd or, conversely, leading the crowd astray .
After revision: Questions regarding whether, and if so, under what conditions, groups exhibit '' crowd wisdom'' has been a major focus of research across the social and computational sciences. Much of this work has focused on investigating the role of social influence in promoting the wisdom of the crowd or, conversely, leading the crowd astray .