Session-effects in the laboratory

Guillaume R. Fréchette

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    Abstract

    In experimental economics, where subjects participate in different sessions, observations across subjects of a given session might exhibit more correlation than observations across subjects in different sessions. The main goal of this paper is to clarify what are session-effects: what can cause them, what forms they can take, and what are the potential problems. It will be shown that standard solutions are at times inadequate, and that their properties are sometimes misunderstood.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)485-498
    Number of pages14
    JournalExperimental Economics
    Volume15
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Sep 2012

    Keywords

    • Data analysis
    • Experimental design
    • Hypothesis tests
    • Matching procedure
    • Session-effects
    • Unit of observation

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

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