descriptives: demographics

race

race N Perc
asian 20 9.90
black 20 9.90
hispanic 10 4.95
multiracial 7 3.47
white 142 70.30
NA 3 1.49

gender

gender N Perc
man 106 52.48
woman 92 45.54
NA 4 1.98

education

edu N Perc
GED 52 25.74
2yearColl 24 11.88
4yearColl 92 45.54
MA 23 11.39
PHD 7 3.47
NA 4 1.98

income

SES

age

mean_age sd_age
40.82178 12.68242

cronbach’s alpha

Buyer: 0.61
Seller: 0.72

distribution in conditions

cond n
non-taboo 101
taboo 101

Benefit

Descriptives

cond benefit_A_m benefit_A_sd benefit_B_m benefit_B_sd
non-taboo 1.5907591 0.9578694 1.7392739 0.8361339
taboo 0.9933993 1.0099287 -0.1188119 1.1465738

stats

Two-way Repeated Measures ANOVA

Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges
cond 1 200 125.796 0e+00
0.278
person 1 200 30.637 1e-07
0.056
cond:person 1 200 52.433 0e+00
0.092

Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc comparisons: Party

person Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges p.adj
buyer cond 1 200 18.602 2.53e-05
0.085 5.06e-05
seller cond 1 200 173.160 0.00e+00
0.464 0.00e+00

Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc comparisons: Condition

cond Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges p.adj
non-taboo person 1 100 2.276 0.135 0.007 0.27
taboo person 1 100 59.985 0.000
0.211 0.00

One-sample t-tests

Buyers in Taboo Condition: t(100) = 9.89, p < .001, d = 0.98

Buyers in Standard Condition: t(100) = 16.69, p < .001, d = 1.66

Sellers in Taboo Condition: t(100) = -1.04, p = .150, d = -0.10

Sellers in Standard Condition: t(100) = 20.91, p < .001, d = 2.08

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Broken down by transaction

Cadaver vs. CPR

Descriptives

cond benefit_A_m benefit_A_sd benefit_B_m benefit_B_sd
non-taboo 1.940594 0.967696 1.8118812 1.055584
taboo 1.297030 1.403884 -0.2772277 1.772675

stats

Two-way Repeated Measures ANOVA

Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges
cond 1 200 89.070 0
0.208
person 1 200 49.983 0
0.093
cond:person 1 200 36.014 0
0.069

Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc comparisons: Party

person Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges p.adj
buyer cond 1 200 14.388 0.000197
0.067 0.000394
seller cond 1 200 103.556 0.000000
0.341 0.000000

Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc comparisons: Condition

cond Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges p.adj
non-taboo person 1 100 1.236 0.269 0.004 0.538
taboo person 1 100 55.538 0.000
0.197 0.000

One-sample t-tests

Buyers in Taboo Condition: t(100) = 9.28, p < .001, d = 0.92

Buyers in Standard Condition: t(100) = 20.15, p < .001, d = 2.01

Sellers in Taboo Condition: t(100) = -1.57, p = .060, d = -0.16

Sellers in Standard Condition: t(100) = 17.25, p < .001, d = 1.72

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Voting vs. Taxi

Descriptives

cond benefit_A_m benefit_A_sd benefit_B_m benefit_B_sd
non-taboo 1.2871287 1.471983 1.7227723 0.9499349
taboo 0.5841584 1.582829 0.2673267 1.8269707

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Two-way Repeated Measures ANOVA

Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges
cond 1 200 45.782 0.000
0.1170
person 1 200 0.189 0.664 0.0004
cond:person 1 200 7.578 0.006
0.0160

Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc comparisons: Party

person Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges p.adj
buyer cond 1 200 10.683 0.001
0.051 0.002
seller cond 1 200 50.458 0.000
0.201 0.000

Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc comparisons: Condition

cond Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges p.adj
non-taboo person 1 100 7.130 0.009
0.030 0.018
taboo person 1 100 2.087 0.152 0.009 0.304

One-sample t-tests

Buyers in Taboo Condition: t(100) = 3.71, p < .001, d = 0.37

Buyers in Standard Condition: t(100) = 8.79, p < .001, d = 0.87

Sellers in Taboo Condition: t(100) = 1.47, p = .928, d = 0.15

Sellers in Standard Condition: t(100) = 18.23, p < .001, d = 1.81

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Meat vs. Furniture

Descriptives

cond benefit_A_m benefit_A_sd benefit_B_m benefit_B_sd
non-taboo 1.544555 1.187643 1.6831683 1.019124
taboo 1.099010 1.330451 -0.3465347 1.651882

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Two-way Repeated Measures ANOVA

Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges
cond 1 200 91.463 0.0e+00
0.182
person 1 200 24.195 1.8e-06
0.058
cond:person 1 200 35.549 0.0e+00
0.084

Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc comparisons: Party

person Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges p.adj
buyer cond 1 200 6.304 0.013
0.031 0.026
seller cond 1 200 110.447 0.000
0.356 0.000

Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc comparisons: Condition

cond Effect DFn DFd F p p<.05 ges p.adj
non-taboo person 1 100 1.066 0.304 0.004 0.608
taboo person 1 100 39.749 0.000
0.190 0.000

One-sample t-tests

Buyers in Taboo Condition: t(100) = 8.30, p < .001, d = 0.83

Buyers in Standard Condition: t(100) = 13.07, p < .001, d = 1.30

Sellers in Taboo Condition: t(100) = -2.11, p = .019, d = -0.21

Sellers in Standard Condition: t(100) = 16.60, p < .001, d = 1.65

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