Inducing natural group identity: A RDP analysis

Daniel Zizzo

No 12-01, Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS) from School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Abstract: A relevance, distinctiveness and plausibility (RDP) analysis is a conceptual framework that can be used to identify when potential confounds are a problem for interpreting experimental results. We illustrate this analysis using the creation or enhancement of natural group identity by the means of priming manipulations as employed in the experiments of five target papers. Such priming manipulations may lead to experimenter demand effects and may spuriously induce behavior change. Using a RDP analysis, we show how these potential confounds are likely to be problematic for all but one of the target papers.

Keywords: Confounds; objectives; economic experiments; group identity; natural groups; priming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B41 C90 D03 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-01-01
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