Freakonomics experiments on choice architecture, scales and relativity

Freakonomics ExperimentsBond

Choice ArchitectureThe theory was that people will overlook the opt in form because they are lazy or don’t want to read, and also overlook the opt out form, because they aren’t bothered to read the text that comes along with the tick box.

We have proven the theory to be correct, with none of the people ticking the boxes we provided at the end of the newspaper article. We expected the result, so it wasn’t that surprising. We believe we got the result because the participants were too lazy to read a long chunk of text, especially if they are small in font.

Scales

Relativity● We gave half the students the top sheet and the other half

the bottom sheet

● Each dog was numbered and thestudents chose the number of their favourite dog

Relativity - Results

1 2 3 4 5

Person 1 -enough 5

Person 2- average 4

Person 3 -enough 8

Person 4- enough 6

Person 5 - not enough 5

Person 6 -enough 8

Person 7 - definitely not enough 3

Person 8-not enough 4

Person 9 - definitely enough 8

Person 10 -enough 7

Table of results- How much water do you drink a day from a scale from one to ten?