Methodological contribution to the use of contextually framed instructions in economic experiment
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The use of neutral framing in presenting experimental instructions to participants has a long established tradition in the field and is considered a gold standard. There are, however, some indications that neutral instructions might lead to loss of experimental control when subjects engage their own mental decision models the experimenter has no control over. We demonstrate experimentally that the ratio of subjects submitting inconsistent responses, indicating poor instruction comprehension, declines when relevant contextual framing is used in instructions. |
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