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. 2015 Apr 1;10(4):e0122475. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122475

Table 1. Average parameter estimates for cumulative prospect theory obtained in the affect-poor and affect-rich lottery problems and results of significance testing.

Lottery Problems Significance Test for Differences Between Affect-Rich and Affect-Poor Lottery Problems
Parameters Affect-Poor Affect-Rich t(22) p
γ 0.77 (0.24) 0.43 (0.33) 4.88 <. 001*
δ 0.99 (1.63) 2.47 (3.10) 2.56 = .018**
α 0.73 (0.21) 0.79 (0.26) 0.71 = .480
g 0.07 (0.11) 0.12 (0.19) 1.15 = .261
G 2 40.60 (23.86) 59.74 (32.81) 2.07 = .051

Note. Standard deviations are in parentheses. γ and α model the sensitivity to probabilities and outcomes, respectively, with higher values indicating higher sensitivity; δ models the elevation, with higher values indicating higher risk aversion; g indicates the probability of random guessing. The G 2 expected under chance is 116.45.

* Significant tests after adopting a Bonferroni-Holm correction [50]. With m = 5 tests, the observed p values are first ordered in ascending order and are then tested with α1 = 0.05/m, α2 = 0.05/(m−1), …, αj = 0.05/(m−(j−1)).

** One-tailed.