Archive of Retired Experiments

Archive of Completed Experiments

This page contains links to experiments that have been completed. You can click links to visit the experiments and see what it was like for the participants. Please note that prizes for completed studies have already been awarded, so do not expect to complete these for a chance at a prize. Some studies linked below as "in progress" or "in preperation" represent studies where the data have been collected, but the data analysis and writing have not yet been completed, or where follow-up studies are still needed to answer the question (so don't expect to do studies listed here for cash prizes, either).

Decision Experiments Published, In press, or Submitted for Publication

Birnbaum (1999b, Psychological Science)
- Internet A study. Same materials were used for both Web and lab samples.
- Data: Data of Internet A and Internet B, including student sample (Excel File) Internet A data can also be found under Birnbaum (2004b), below.
Birnbaum (2000, Psychological Experiments on the Internet)
- Internet B study. Birnbaum (2000)
- Data: Data of Internet A and Internet B, including student sample (Excel File 882K)
Birnbaum (2001, Dimensions of Internet Science)
Birnbaum (2004a, Journal of Mathematical Psychology). Dissection of Allais Paradox Files
Birnbaum (2004b, OBHDP) Files. Format, Form, and Framing of Gambles Manipulated.
Birnbaum (Management Science, 2005a): Distribution Independence Studies
Birnbaum (JRU, 2005b): Tests of Stochastic Dominance
Birnbaum (2006, J Econ Psych): Tickets/TABLES/Event Framing and Negative (Reflected) Study A.
Birnbaum (2007, OBHDP). Allais (with large consequences) and Allais breakdown with tests of branch-splitting independence.
Birnbaum and Bahra (2007, Management Science): Gain-Loss Separability (GLS) and Branch-Splitting
Birnbaum and Gutierrez (2007, OBHDP): Testing violations of transitivity predicted by lexicographic semi-orders.
Birnbaum and LaCroix (2008, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes): Tests of dimension integration (also transitivity).
- Experiment testing dimension integration with replication
- Data: Download Birnbaum-LaCroix data as an Excel file
Birnbaum (2008, Psych Review Paper). This paper included a replication of the major results, as well as review of other published reports. Here is linked the replication materials and data of the replication study.
- Review replication study
- Data: Download data of replication study for psych review article as Excel file
Birnbaum (2008, Judgment and Decision Making).
- New Tests of CPT and PH experimental materials
- Download data as Excel Workbook
Project with Sandra Wakcher, Jennifer Devenport on National Policy Questionnaires

Studies organized by Date.

Studies before 2004
Studies in Spring, 2004
Studies in Fall, 2004 (in Progress)
Sudies in Fall, 2004 (In Progress) Linked on 11-17-04
Sudies in Fall, 2004 (In Progress) Linked on 12-04-04
Sudies in Fall, 2004 (In Progress) Linked on 12-08-04
Organization on 12-09-04
- Decision Experiment Section A
- Section B
Internet A (partial) Learn gambles (still in progress).
Spring 2005 (In progress)
- Two Branch GLS. Linked on 02-21-05
Spring 2005 (in progress). As linked in May, 2005
1. Consumer Credit Judgment (about 10 min.)
2. Choosing Between Gambles--CSUF Students should do these in order. Keep a list and be careful not to skip one. (about 50 min. total)
3. Choosing between gambles with small stakes (about 6 min.)
4. Choosing between gambles and sure cash
5. Judging the cash value of gambles (about 5 min.)
6. Choosing between gambles with large stakes (--about 7-9 min.)
7. Employee Turnover
8. Hiring Decisions (about 5 min.)
9. Shopping Judgments
10. Decisions about Condom Use--mature subject*
11. If you have completed these studies and wish to participate in more, click here.
Fall 2005 (in progress). As linked Nov 28-Dec 7, 2005
1. Choosing Between Gambles--CSUF Students should do all of the following in order. Please keep a list and be careful not to skip one. (about 50 min. total)
2. Choosing between gambles with small stakes (about 6 min.)
3. Choosing between gambles and sure cash
4. Judging the cash value of gambles (about 5 min.)
5. Choosing between gambles with large stakes (--about 7-9 min.)
6. If you have completed these studies and wish to participate in more, click here.
7. Schmidt_Ulli Version2 Linked as part 1 on 01-30-06
8. New Version of Tversky Replication Linked as part 2 on 02-19-06
Studies in Spring 2006 as linked on May 11, 2005
- Choosing Between Gambles--CSUF Students should do all of the following in order. Please keep a list and be careful not to skip one. (about 35 min. total)
- Judging the Value of Lotteries
- Studies of Medical Decision Making
- Choosing cities based on advice from friends
- Buying a ticket to a play (5 min.)
- Deciding whether to go to party or school
- Choosing between Jobs (8 min.)
- Judging personality traits (5 min.)
- Choosing between gambles with small stakes (about 6 min.)
- Choosing between gambles and sure cash
- Judging the cash value of gambles (about 5 min.)
- Choosing between gambles with large stakes (--about 7-9 min.)
Studies by Birnbaum and Bahra--Fall/Spring 2006-2007
Studies in Fall, 2007
- Half-hour study in Fall 2007
- 1.5 hour list of studies in Fall 2007

References

Birnbaum, M. H. (1999b). Testing critical properties of decision making on the Internet. Psychological Science, 10, 399-407.
Birnbaum, M. H. (2000). Decision making in the lab and on the Web. In M. H. Birnbaum (Ed.), Psychological Experiments on the Internet. (pp. 3-34). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Birnbaum, M. H. (2001). A Web-based program of research on decision making. In U.-D. Reips & M. Bosnjak (Eds.), Dimensions of Internet Science (pp. 23-55). Lengerich, Germany: Pabst Science Publishers.
Birnbaum, M. H. (2004a). Causes of common consequence paradoxes: An experimental dissection. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 48, 87-106.
Birnbaum, M. H. (2004b). Tests of rank-dependent utility and cumulative prospect theory in gambles represented by natural frequencies: Effects of format, event framing, and branch splitting. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 95, 40-65.
Birnbaum, M. H. (2005a). Three new tests of independence that differentiate models of risky decision making. Management Science, 51, 1346-1358.
Birnbaum, M. H. (2005b). A comparison of five models that predict violations of first-order stochastic dominance in risky decision making. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 31, 263-287.
Birnbaum, M. H. (2006). Evidence against prospect theories in gambles with positive, negative, and mixed consequences. Journal of Economic Psychology, 27, 737-761.
Birnbaum, M. H. (2007). Tests of branch splitting and branch-splitting independence in Allais paradoxes with positive and mixed gambles. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 102, 154-173.
Birnbaum, M. H. (2008). New paradoxes of risky decision making. Psychological Review, 115, 463-501.
Birnbaum, M. H. (2008). New tests of cumulative prospect theory and the priority heuristic: Probability-outcome tradeoff with branch splitting. Judgment and Decision Making, 3, 304-316.
Birnbaum, M. H., & Bahra, J. P. (2007). Gain-Loss Separability and Coalescing in Risky Decision Making. Management Science, 53, 1016-1028.
Birnbaum, M. H., & Gutierrez, R. J. (2007). Testing for intransitivity of preference predicted by a lexicographic semiorder. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 104, 97-112.
Birnbaum, M. H., & LaCroix, A. R. (2008). Dimension integration: Testing models without trade-offs. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105, 122-133.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. SBR-9410572, SES-9986436, BCS-0129453, and SES-0202448. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.