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. 2014 Feb 13;9(2):e87275. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087275

Table 1. Odds Ratios for Donating Across Treatments.

Manipulation A) GR B) TPI+ C) TPI– D) GR × TPI
Invitee (receives a donated invitation) 7.006* 0.327
(0.030) (0.262)
Has previously received donated invitations 0.712 1.021
(0.686) (0.982)
Seeds
Observes 0–75 11.414* (baseline) (baseline)
(0.043)
Observes 76–150 1.341 0.047 0.136
(0.787) (0.215) (0.101)
Observes 151+ 0.219 0.003 0.015*
(0.280) (0.198) (0.022)
Invitees
Observes 0–75 (baseline)
Observes 76–150 19.907*
(0.041)
Observes 151+ 89.948*
(0.026)
High payment 64.103** 2.532 0.858 3.235
(0.007) (0.300) (0.930) (0.295)
Time waited (in hours) 0.972* 0.992 1.019 0.976
(0.023) (0.577) (0.619) (0.075)
Previous participations 0.690 0.784 1.347 0.454
(0.379) (0.622) (0.848) (0.171)
Baseline odds 4.305 5.323 152.785 268.707***
(0.181) (0.100) (0.130) (0.000)
Number of observations 516 371 175 554
Number of participants 252 277 133 266
Wald Inline graphic 5 df, 11.93* 6 df, 6.66 5 df, 2.49 8 df, 11.98
(0.036) (0.354) (0.778) (0.214)

Two-sided tests: *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

The table reports odds ratios and p values (in brackets) from random-intercept logistic regression models for A) seeds and invitees in the no-observation treatment by number of donated invitations received; B) seeds in the observation and no-observation treatments by number of donated invitations observed; C) seeds in the observation treatment by number of donated invitations observed; and D) seeds and invitees in the observation treatment by number of donated invitations observed by invitees compared to seeds. Results show that receiving and observing donations initially increases the willingness to help others, and that invitees are less susceptible to a subsequent decline in helping.