experiments

Diary of a

Attitudes about groups and beliefs about strangers

Saturday, November 10, 2007

For those of you who participated in this study, here are the results. Much of the background is identical to a previous post of mine where I went through the results of a study called “Strangers in a not-so-strange land”. That study didn’t seem to work and so I changed a few things. As you will see, the changes were not enough; this experiment failed to produce the results I had hoped, too.

To recap what you did (you probably don’t remember the details as it has been two months), the

Interactions with Others

Thursday, September 20, 2007

I’ve just posted a new experiment online. If you would like to participate in the study, please click here.

This study is a follow-up to the similar studies that I have posted over the past 2 months. If you were a participant in one of those studies, you can still participate in this one. Just make sure to let me know—you’ll be asked during the study—that you have previously participated in a similar study.

Upon completion of data collection, I will post the results of this study. Based

Strangers in a not-so-strange land

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

For those of you who participated in this experiment, here are the results.

To recap, each of you read a description of a hypothetical interaction in which you and other person were each given 10 dollars. You (the other person) could transfer anywhere between 0 and 10 of those dollars to the other person (to you). Every dollar transferred got doubled.

This type of interaction is sometimes called a Prisoner’s Dilemma. The dilemma exists because each player does best by not transferring

Hearing that the Internet is the “greatest thing since sliced bread” made me think of two things. One, I don’t very much like sliced bread. Two, the web provides a great way to conduct and communicate research.

Below, you’ll find links to studies that I am currently running or have previously run.

Part of what makes research rewarding for me is the opportunity to share results. When a study is complete, I will post the results along my reasons for running this study.