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Comment author: lavalamp 09 December 2012 04:38:09PM 0 points [-]

I vaguely recall doing math on problem #2, and figuring "$20 in 60 days = $.33 dollar per day = not worth the time it takes to think about it." It looks like most people did some different math; what does that math look like?

On the anchoring question, I recommend putting a "click here to automatically generate a random number" button instead of a link to an external site. I'm pretty sure I read ahead and realized what the number would be used for, and I bet many others did, also.

Comment author: falenas108 09 December 2012 07:39:08PM 5 points [-]

I think anytime we are given a random number and then are told to give a numerical estimate, it's be obvious to most LWers that it's testing anchoring bias.

Comment author: lavalamp 09 December 2012 08:30:22PM 3 points [-]

Agree-- my point was that I was able to guess a height before seeing the random number, hence it wasn't a good test.

Comment author: falenas108 09 December 2012 08:37:33PM -1 points [-]

Ah, okay. That makes more sense.