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Variability in repeated economic games: comparing trust game decisions to other social trust measures

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2022
Economic games are well-established tools that offer a convenient approach to study social behaviour. Although widely used, recent evidence suggests that decisions made in the context of standard economic games are less predictive of real-world behaviour
L. Safra   +3 more
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Seminatural environments for rodent behavioral testing: a representative design improving animal welfare and enhancing replicability

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2023
The low replicability of scientific studies has become an important issue. One possible cause is low representativeness of the experimental design employed.
Enrique Hernández-Arteaga, Anders Ågmo
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the dimensionality of three LMX instruments within a diverse cultural and linguistic context [PDF]

open access: yesPsihologija, 2021
Multiple versions of the Leader-member exchange (LMX) instruments are widely utilized for exploring the quality of exchange between the leader/supervisor and the employees in leadership studies.
Grobler Anton, Mathafena Rose Boitumelo
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Construct validity of multiple achievement goals: A multitrait-multimethod approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The aim of this study was to examine three different instruments which have been used in research conducted in the physical domain to measure mastery, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals.
Duda, Joan L, Nien, Chiao-Lin
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The predictive power of farmers’ risk attitude measures elicited by experimental methods

open access: yesSpanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2020
Aim of study: Farmers’ behavior is shaped by their individual attitudes towards risk. Consequently, an understanding of the heterogeneous risk attitudes among farmers is key to predicting their decision-making.
José A. Gómez-Limón   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quadratic replica coupling in the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick mean field spin glass model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
We develop a simple method to study the high temperature, or high external field, behavior of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick mean field spin glass model. The basic idea is to couple two different replicas with a quadratic term, trying to push out the two ...
Guerra, Francesco, Toninelli, Fabio L.
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Validity of a self-administered food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and its generalizability to the estimation of dietary folate intake in Japan

open access: yesNutrition Journal, 2005
Background In an epidemiological study, it is essential to test the validity of the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for its ability to estimate dietary intake.
Iso Hiroyasu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

When All Children Comprehend: Increasing the External Validity of Narrative Comprehension Development Research

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2014
Narratives, also called stories, can be found in conversations, children’s play interactions, reading material, and television programs. From infancy to adulthood, narrative comprehension processes interpret events and inform our understanding of ...
Silas E. Burris, Danielle D. Brown
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Say where you sample: Increasing site selection transparency in urban ecology

open access: yesEcosphere, 2023
Urban ecological studies have the potential to expand our understanding of socioecological systems beyond that of an individual city or region. Cross‐comparative empirical work and synthesis are imperative to develop a general urban ecological theory ...
Karen Dyson   +4 more
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Thirty Shades of Truth: Conspiracy Theories as Stories of Individuation, not of Pathological Delusion

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2013
Recent studies on conspiracy theories employ standardized questionnaires, thus neglecting their narrative qualities by reducing them to mere statements. Recipients are considered as consumers only. Two empirical studies―a conventional survey (n=63) and a
Marius H Raab   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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