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. 2018 Dec 18;28(3):350–363. doi: 10.1002/hec.3846

Table 1.

Dropout rate and descriptive statistics of completes and dropouts, by study arm

Study arm Overlap Presentation Dropout rate Variable Completes Dropouts[Link]
N M SD Min Max N M SD Min Max
1 Age 541 48 17 18 92 86 55 16 18 82
No No color 13.7% (base) Male (dummy) 0.52 0 1 0.55 0 1
Educ_low 0.32 0 1 0.55 0 1
Educ_med 0.41 0 1 0.34 0 1
Educ_high 0.27 0 1 0.12 0 1
2 Age 540 47 17 18 87 59 54 14 24 81
No Shades of purple 9.8%** Male (dummy) 0.47 0 1 0.54 0 1
Educ_low 0.32 0 1 0.37 0 1
Educ_med 0.42 0 1 0.42 0 1
Educ_high 0.25 0 1 0.20 0 1
3 Age 553 47 17 18 84 59 55 18 19 89
Yes No color 9.6%** Male (dummy) 0.47 0 1 0.41 0 1
Educ_low 0.34 0 1 0.49 0 1
Educ_med 0.40 0 1 0.34 0 1
Educ_high 0.25 0 1 0.17 0 1
4 Age 551 47 17 18 88 49 55 18 21 86
Yes Highlighting 8.2%*** Male (dummy) 0.48 0 1 0.59 0 1
Educ_low 0.30 0 1 0.43 0 1
Educ_med 0.41 0 1 0.41 0 1
Educ_high 0.29 0 1 0.16 0 1
5 Age 546 49 17 18 98 43 59 15 21 82
Yes Shades of purple 7.3%*** Male (dummy) 0.48 0 1 0.56 0 1
Educ_low 0.31 0 1 0.53 0 1
Educ_med 0.45 0 1 0.30 0 1
Educ_high 0.25 0 1 0.16 0 1

Dropouts occurring during the discrete choice experiment choice tasks.

**

Null hypothesis of equal proportions is rejected with p < 0.05 (one‐sided).

***

Null hypothesis of equal proportions is rejected with p < 0.01 (one‐sided).