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personally i didn't like the poker questions, i don't think theres a good answer unless i know how the players are playing, gameflow etc, which is very difficult to do, so my answers had to be super standard and probably bad

MINDY MORGAN SISTER OF DEXTER MORGAN

taking the quiz, processing times are really slow, some questions were redundant but maybe that is to more heavily weight them

cute though, not done yet

On February 04 2010 22:20 Maynard! wrote: I'm sure shes aware that this is a different sample set. Thats why she asked here. I imagine she is going to compare groups. Edit: started taking this but its way too long. Sorry.

Yes, I'm definitely aware that those on forums are typically more experienced than the average player. Being on forums alone implies that one is learning and analyzing strategy, or is at least interested in taking their game to a different level.

"3. In a game of chance, which option would you choose?

OPTION A: A 25% chance of losing $6,000

OPTION B: A 25% of losing $4,000 and a 25% chance of losing $2,000"

Wtf, isn't option B superior? Or is the EV same and the point is, 50% of the time you're going to be losing some sum of money? Didn't fully understand the wording of the question.

UOPokerStudy - interestingly enough, a lot of the posters who have already written saying they took your quiz are the top tier of poker players that post on this site, heh.

(locoo, ket, pooruser, maynard, exhilarate, mesmerize etc. are all really good)

there's no money involved here?

i didn't mind the poker questions but they were certainly hard to visualize, but at least the wording was understandable (the picture + the display of the blind amounts etc)

On February 04 2010 22:51 bigbb33 wrote: Show nested quote + On February 04 2010 22:29 UOPokerStudy wrote:   On February 04 2010 22:08 bigbb33 wrote: Wouldn't any biased sample group make any conclusions worthless? Even with respect to just decision making, the data you are getting is from a non-random sample. Thanks for your comment! Well, the population I'm studying is poker players, so posting on forums is the best way to access this population. Online studies are actually more generalizable because my sample can be from all around the world. I'm not just limited to my local area. Right, but the poker players you are getting are not going to be representative of "poker players" as a whole, but rather those who wanted to take an online survey, and thus you can't generalize whatever results you get to "poker players as a whole" or "poker players" or "poker players in general".

True, I am getting only people that will take the time for a survey, but then aren't all studies based on individuals that take the time to participate (with the exeption of those getting paid to take part in studies)? Nothing will ever be totally generalizable to all players, it's a sample from a larger population, but I think it's a good first try.

Can you list the books you have read on this subject? There should be some good ones on investing. Also, it may or may not be cool to know my own results so perhaps creating one that lets you go anonymous or just submit a name or sth so you could tell me my results -.- Maybe too much work for you but definitely interesting for me / us.

I just finished going to school at this University. If anyone has concerns about the credentials of the study you can always check the University of Ottawa main website and you'll probably find the PHD supervisor listed in the faculty along with contact information.

This question in particular:

1. In a roll of a single die, which option would you choose?

OPTION A: A $30 payoff if the die lands on 6

OPTION B: A $5 payoff if the die lands on 1 through 5

I'm trying to answer this question and I don't know what I'm wagering or risking in order to gain so it's a meaningless question to me. If the potential reward is not contextualized with what you are risking to obtain it then its a completely meaningless question and the answer is I don't care which.

mindy ur pics arent showing up.

I think I aced it!!

On February 04 2010 22:54 locoo wrote: personally i didn't like the poker questions, i don't think theres a good answer unless i know how the players are playing, gameflow etc, which is very difficult to do, so my answers had to be super standard and probably bad

this.

On February 05 2010 01:39 byrnesam wrote: mindy ur pics arent showing up.

and this.

do you have a hypothesis that poker players will be less influenced by the mood-induced story you had? i thought it was somewhat blatant what the purpose was, and kind of reminded me "hmm what did I just answer" even tough I felt a bit in a better mood =P

i think you could have worked a bit more on the poker questions, i.e. doing it more like the donkey test which includes some player characteristics as well, which is kind of important in poker decision-making.

On February 05 2010 01:02 Bejamin1 wrote: This question in particular: 1. In a roll of a single die, which option would you choose? OPTION A: A $30 payoff if the die lands on 6 OPTION B: A $5 payoff if the die lands on 1 through 5 I'm trying to answer this question and I don't know what I'm wagering or risking in order to gain so it's a meaningless question to me. If the potential reward is not contextualized with what you are risking to obtain it then its a completely meaningless question and the answer is I don't care which.

you're risking the opportunity of having chosen the other option. the context is you are giving up the potential reward of the opposite option.
the answer is obviously you don't care which unless you have a vested interest in answering the questions honestly, in which case you shouldn't care to the point of not taking the test in the first place.

edit: yes the poker questions with no history at all kind of bothered me since in all levels of poker the single most important thing is having an idea of why you're opponent is doing what he is doing.

all those answers are completely different if i assume a different type of player then the one i did.
and for reference i used the anonymous/no history player for all of them, so i may come off as a bit of a nit. lol

Is this you



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its definitely you

done, interesting study but yeah the choice questions i'm just trying to maximize my EV, and the poker questions' answers should all be "it depends on so many factors"

just as any other study there are about 7 questions that are given in 3 various ways but basically mean the same
so just to make it more fun i gave 3 diff answers every time hf


btw im pretty sure your studies will be wrong as i dont think you have the basic understandings of this game