Comparing Rates of Orderly Data Across Two Delay Discounting Tasks.
Class
Article
Graduation Year
2017
College
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services
Department
Psychology Department
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Gregory Madden
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
Delay discounting refers to the devaluation of future outcomes, with the more distant a reward the more it is devalued. Delay discounting is typically measured in humans via questionnaires using hypothetical rewards. These questionnaires usually produce orderly data according to established criteria, but these tasks do create some amount of unorderly data; the latter is problematic because these data usually must be discarded. In a previous study in our lab, the extent to which three different delay discounting tasks produced orderly data was examined. One task produced significantly more unorderly data than the others; and the amount of unorderly data across the other tasks (a dynamic titrating-amount task and a simple dichotomous choice task) was undifferentiated. However, of the two undifferentiated tasks, there was a high rate of incorrect task completion for the dichotomous choice task. The purpose of the present experiment was to re-assess the latter two tasks for degree of unorderly data produced while attempting to rectify issues of participants incorrectly completing tasks. The results of this experiment will help establish which of the two tasks produces most orderly data.
Location
South Atrium
Start Date
4-13-2017 3:00 PM
End Date
4-13-2017 4:15 PM
Comparing Rates of Orderly Data Across Two Delay Discounting Tasks.
South Atrium
Delay discounting refers to the devaluation of future outcomes, with the more distant a reward the more it is devalued. Delay discounting is typically measured in humans via questionnaires using hypothetical rewards. These questionnaires usually produce orderly data according to established criteria, but these tasks do create some amount of unorderly data; the latter is problematic because these data usually must be discarded. In a previous study in our lab, the extent to which three different delay discounting tasks produced orderly data was examined. One task produced significantly more unorderly data than the others; and the amount of unorderly data across the other tasks (a dynamic titrating-amount task and a simple dichotomous choice task) was undifferentiated. However, of the two undifferentiated tasks, there was a high rate of incorrect task completion for the dichotomous choice task. The purpose of the present experiment was to re-assess the latter two tasks for degree of unorderly data produced while attempting to rectify issues of participants incorrectly completing tasks. The results of this experiment will help establish which of the two tasks produces most orderly data.