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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2009 Oct;17(5):283–290. doi: 10.1037/a0016806

Table 3.

Estimated Measures of Delay and Probability Discounting for the Pathological-Gambler and Control Groups.

Group
Discounting Estimate Control Participants Pathological Gamblers
Delay – k (S.E.M.)
   Small 0.031 (0.015) 0.050 (0.013)
   Medium 0.016 (0.016) 0.032 (0.013)
   Large 0.013 (0.015) 0.018 (0.009)
   Overall 0.019 (0.016) 0.031 (0.013)
Probability – h (S.E.M.)
   20 vs. 80 3.48 (1.19) 1.16 (0.19) **
   40 vs. 100 2.98 (1.18) 1.44 (0.26) **
   40 vs. 60 2.76 (1.54) 1.04 (0.82)
   Overall 3.32 (1.20) 1.22 (0.34) *
*

p < .01

**

Bonferroni t, p < .05