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Buchanan, Taylor L.; Lohse, Keith R. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2016
We surveyed researchers in the health and exercise sciences to explore different areas and magnitudes of bias in researchers' decision making. Participants were presented with scenarios (testing a central hypothesis with p = 0.06 or p = 0.04) in a random order and surveyed about what they would do in each scenario. Participants showed significant…
Descriptors: Researchers, Attitudes, Statistical Significance, Bias
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Arkes, Hal R.; Hirshleifer, David; Jiang, Danling; Lim, Sonya S. – Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2010
We examined reference point adaptation following gains or losses in security trading using participants from China, Korea, and the US. In both questionnaire studies and trading experiments with real money incentives, reference point adaptation was larger for Asians than for Americans. Subjects in all countries adapted their reference points more…
Descriptors: Asians, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
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Rice, Stephen; Trafimow, David – Higher Education Studies, 2012
For years, researchers and academics have known that American students perform more poorly on average compared to students from some other countries, including India. The usual explanation is that some systematic factor (e.g. knowledge, skill set, test-taking ability, etc.) is responsible for the differences. The current study examines the issue…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Mathematics Skills, Academic Ability
Slover-Linett, Cheryl; Stoner, Michael – CURRENTS, 2010
Earlier this year, CASE formed a social media task force to explore what educational institutions are trying to achieve with social media presence and learn about social media engagements at member institutions. CASE, in partnership with mStoner and Slover Linett Strategies, in June launched a benchmarking survey on social media in advancement by…
Descriptors: Schools, Social Networks, Internet, Experiments