Graphical Depiction of Statistical Information Improves Gambling-Related Judgments.

ABSTRACT: The domain of gambling is rife with both diagnostic and non-diagnostic information. Previous studies examining scratch card gambling have demonstrated that people are often biased by intuitively appealing, yet non-diagnostic information (i.e., unclaimed prize information). The current study investigated how varying the presentation format of a diagnostic piece of information (i.e., payback percentage) could influence participants' use of this information when in conflict with unclaimed prize information. We hypothesized that when payback percentage information was presented in a graphical, as opposed to a numerical format, participants would be better at ignoring unclaimed prize information and correspondingly have their preferences become congruent with the true value of the presented scr

SUBMITTER: Walker AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6679834 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature