2018/08/19 by Peter Selinger, Selinger, Peter, Kristopher Tapp +1
Mathematics · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cultural Differences and Values #Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Other Statistics (stat.OT) #Social and Intergroup Psychology #stat.OT
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1808.06961
arxiv created 2018/08/19 · openalex publication_date 2018/08/19 · arxiv updated 2018/08/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Chen and Risen pointed out a logical flaw affecting the conclusions of a number of past experiments that used the free-choice paradigm to measure choice-induced attitude change. They went on to design and implement a free-choice experiment that used a novel type of control group in order to avoid this logical pitfall. In this paper, we describe a method by which a free-choice experiment can be correctly conducted even without a control group.