The subject pool.

1970 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 1179-1181 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. King
Keyword(s):  
Subject Pool ◽  
The Subject

scholarly journals Axiomatization and Measurement of Quasi-Hyperbolic Discounting *

2014 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 1449-1499 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Luis Montiel Olea ◽  
Tomasz Strzalecki
Keyword(s):  
Hyperbolic Discounting ◽  
Partial Identification ◽  
Axiomatic Characterization ◽  
Discount Factors ◽  
Elasticity Of Intertemporal Substitution ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Subject Pool ◽  
Identification Approach ◽  
The Subject

Abstract This article provides an axiomatic characterization of quasi-hyperbolic discounting and a more general class of semi-hyperbolic preferences. We impose consistency restrictions directly on the intertemporal trade-offs by relying on what we call “annuity compensations.” Our axiomatization leads naturally to an experimental design that disentangles discounting from the elasticity of intertemporal substitution. In a pilot experiment we use the partial identification approach to estimate bounds for the distributions of discount factors in the subject pool. Consistent with previous studies, we find evidence for both present and future bias.

Field Experiments

2004 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 1009-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn W Harrison ◽  
John A List
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Trading Rules ◽  
Subject Pool ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Do So

Experimental economists are leaving the reservation. They are recruiting subjects in the field rather than in the classroom, using field goods rather than induced valuations, and using field context rather than abstract terminology in instructions. We argue that there is something methodologically fundamental behind this trend. Field experiments differ from laboratory experiments in many ways. Although it is tempting to view field experiments as simply less controlled variants of laboratory experiments, we argue that to do so would be to seriously mischaracterize them. What passes for “control” in laboratory experiments might in fact be precisely the opposite if it is artificial to the subject or context of the task. We propose six factors that can be used to determine the field context of an experiment: the nature of the subject pool, the nature of the information that the subjects bring to the task, the nature of the commodity, the nature of the task or trading rules applied, the nature of the stakes, and the environment that subjects operate in.

scholarly journals On the external validity of construction bidding experiment

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bee Lan Oo
Keyword(s):  
External Validity ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
Subject Pool ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common ◽  
Experimental Subjects ◽  
Student Subjects ◽  
Building Economics ◽  
Economics Research

The external validity of experimental studies and in particular, the subject pool effects have been much debated among researchers. The common objections are that the use of student as experimental subjects is invalid as they are likely to be unrepresentative. This paper addresses this methodological aspect in building economics research. It compares the bidding behavioural patterns of experienced construction executives (professionals) and student subjects through replication of a bidding experiment that aimed at testing theories. The results show that the student subjects’ bidding behavourial patterns, in terms of decision to bid and mark-up decision, are sufficiently similar to that of the professionals. This suggests that the subject pool per se is not a threat to the external validity of the bidding experiment. In addition, the demonstrated practicality of an experimental approach in testing theories should lead to more use of experimental studies with student subjects in building economics research. It is suggested that experimental and field findings should be seen as complementary in building economics research, as advocated in social sciences.    

Acoustic-Immittance Measures in Normal Ears

1987 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry L. Wiley ◽  
Dana L. Oviatt ◽  
Michael G. Block
Keyword(s):  
Data Base ◽  
Middle Ear ◽  
Peak Pressure ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Acoustic Reflex ◽  
Hearing Thresholds ◽  
Subject Pool ◽  
Acoustic Admittance ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Normal Adults

A data base of acoustic-immittance measures in normal adults is presented. The subject pool consisted of 127 adults with normal hearing and a negative otologic history. Norms are presented for hearing thresholds, ipsilateral and contralateral acoustic-reflex thresholds, tympanometry, static acoustic-admittance measures, and middle-ear (tympanogram peak) pressure.

scholarly journals WTP vs. WTA: Christmas Presents and the Endowment Effect

2012 ◽  
Vol 232 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas K. Bauer ◽  
Christoph M. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Market Price ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Endowment Effect ◽  
Point Estimates ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Subject Pool ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data

SummaryUsing data on the valuation of Christmas gifts received by students enrolled in different fields at a German university, we investigate whether the endowment effect, the difference between asking and bidding prices, differs between males and females, students of economics and other fields and whether it varies with the market price of the object under consideration. Our estimation results suggest that female students display a significantly higher endowment effect, indicating that experimental studies on the endowment effect are highly sensitive towards the choice of the subject pool. The results further indicate that the endowment effect depends on the market price of the object. Finally, even though the point estimates hint towards both, a lower WTP and WTA of economic students, these differences are not statistically significant at conventional levels.

Identifying hazards at residential and commercial pools: An interactive session

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 807-809
Author(s):  
Leah S. Hartman ◽  
Stephanie A. Whetsel Borzendowski ◽  
Alison Vredenburgh ◽  
Ilene Zackowitz ◽  
Alan O. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Safety Analysis ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Joint Session ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Subject Pool ◽  
Specific Incident ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Interactive Session

This special joint session with shared interest from multiple technical groups (Children’s Issues Technical Group, Forensics Professional Group, and Safety Technical Group) provides audience members with an opportunity to discuss multiple case examples of fatal incidents involving children and pools. Participants will first hear several examples of human factors forensic analyses of different cases. The audience will then perform a safety audit for a pool owner, working in teams, identifying potential hazards and ways the owner can mitigate the hazards. Teams will present the findings of the safety analysis. After team presentations, the facts of an incident involving the subject pool will be presented to determine if their safety analysis recommendations could have prevented the specific incident. This session will emphasize the broad application of human factors for forensic incidents involving children and pools as well as safety analyses to educate owners and potentially help to prevent incidents.

The Subject-Experimenter Contract: A Reexamination of Subject Pool Contamination

1990 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kitty Klein ◽  
Brian Cheuvront
Keyword(s):  
Subject Pool ◽  
The Subject

A Survey of Introductory Psychology Subject Pool Practices among Leading Universities

1981 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arden Miller
Keyword(s):  
Introductory Psychology ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Subject Pool ◽  
The Subject

Department practice in administering the subject pool has been changing, but the educational value is still in doubt.

Random and Not So Random Thoughts on Becoming and Being a Statistic: Professional and Personal Musings

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Mildred M. Seltzer
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Subject Pool ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Age And Sex

This article contains personal and professional musings on becoming and being an old woman. Becoming and being an old woman (I had no choice) and being a “gerontologist” (I had a choice), results in experiencing at least two realities, that of subject and that of researcher (an interesting word in itself). We daily face the leap across the chasm between science and personal experiences; between swimming in the subject pool and being a life guard or researcher into the life of guarded subjects. How permeable are the boundaries between subject and objectivity? Do gerontological data inform our experiences of becoming old? Are they providing us with norms for aging? Dear Virginia, there are age and sex norms and Enforcers enforce them. And, dear Virginia, there is more to life than research.

Words

PMLA ◽  
1935 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1320-1327
Author(s):  
Colbert Searles
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
The Subject

THE germ of that which follows came into being many years ago in the days of my youth as a university instructor and assistant professor. It was generated by the then quite outspoken attitude of colleagues in the “exact sciences”; the sciences of which the subject-matter can be exactly weighed and measured and the force of its movements mathematically demonstrated. They assured us that the study of languages and literature had little or nothing scientific about it because: “It had no domain of concrete fact in which to work.” Ergo, the scientific spirit was theirs by a stroke of “efficacious grace” as it were. Ours was at best only a kind of “sufficient grace,” pleasant and even necessary to have, but which could, by no means ensure a reception among the elected.

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