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ERIC Number: EJ943498
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0033-2933
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Testing the Reliability of Delay Discounting of Ten Commodities Using the Fill-in-the-Blank Method
Weatherly, Jeffrey N.; Derenne, Adam; Terrell, Heather K.
Psychological Record, v61 n1 p113-126 Win 2011
Several measures of delay discounting have been shown to be reliable over periods of up to 3 months. In the present study, 115 participants completed a fill-in-the-blank (FITB) delay-discounting task on sets of 5 different commodities, 12 weeks apart. Results showed that discounting rates were not well described by a hyperbolic function but were significantly correlated across the 12 weeks for all 10 commodities. Discounting, when measured by area under the curve, was significantly correlated across the 12 weeks for 9 of the 10 commodities. Absolute values of both measures of discounting sometimes differed across the two administrations of the task. These results support the reliability of the FITB method but raise a number of issues to consider when choosing a method to study delay discounting. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure, and 1 footnote.)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Mailcode 4609, Rehabilitation Institute, Carbondale, IL 62901-4609. Tel: 618-536-7704; e-mail: psychrec@siu.edu; Web site: http://www.siuc.edu/~ThePsychologicalRecord/index.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Dakota
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