Table 1 Stimuli and results from Experiment 2 (gains).

From: The cancellation heuristic in intertemporal choice shifts people’s time preferences

Row #

Earlier

amount (t = 0)

Later

amount (t = 7)

Baseline (%)

Cancellation (%)

Fisher exact

test (p-value)

1

3

4

65

94.29

0.002

2

4

5

67.5

91.43

0.02

3

5

6

67.5

94.29

0.004

4

7

8

67.5

94.29

0.004

5

8

9

65

88.57

0.03

6

3

5

85

94.29

0.27

7

4

6

85

97.14

0.11

8

5

7

87.5

97.14

0.21

9

7

9

85

94.29

0.27

10

8

10

85

94.29

0.27

Row #

Earlier

amount (t = 7)

Later

amount (t =14)

Baseline (%)

Cancellation (%)

Fisher exact

test (p-value)

11

3

4

42.5

77.14

0.004

12

4

5

45

74.29

0.02

13

5

6

45

77.14

0.005

14

7

8

45

77.14

0.005

15

8

9

50

77.14

0.02

16

3

5

80

88.57

0.36

17

4

6

82.5

91.43

0.32

18

5

7

80

85.71

0.56

19

7

9

77.5

91.43

0.12

20

8

10

80

82.86

0.77

  1. Percentages indicate the percent of participants choosing the larger later gains.