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11 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 26 January 2014 09:17AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 January 2014 04:06:40PM 0 points [-]

One name for this evaluation of birds in hands versus birds in bushes is chronemetics...

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronemics

Here is a possible example: a Wall Street Journal map of who in New York buys monthly public transit passes (more expensive up front) versus who buys day passes (more expensive over all)...

http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/MTAFARES1108/#v=showCommuters