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How do we analyze MDG results?
As a result of the experiment, we can compute the following types among participants:
Altruistic
Maximize other’s payoff and joint payoff
Antisocial
Minimize other's payoff or maximize inequality
Egalitarian
Minimize inequity
Selfish
Maximize their own payoff
Cross-country comparisons
The MDG allows us to compare social preferences across countries and socioeconomic variables.
As part of MissionLab’s cross-country studies, data from the MDG has already been collected from around 2000 university students in different countries: Asia (Philippines), Africa (Madagascar, Ivory Coast), Europe (Spain), Latin America (Uruguay, Salvador, Dominican Republic).
These data is available in the data visualization component of the toolkit to enable cross-country comparisons and discussions to build students’ global paradigm.
In this section you will see how the data visualization tool works in order to understand the results.
In the table below you can check the sample sizes available per country and the universities in which the data was collected.
In the table below you can check the sample sizes available per country and the universities in which the data was collected.
Ready? Let's visualize your results!
Ready? Let's visualize your results!
Follow these simple steps to visualize results from your group(s).
If you have any questions, get in touch with us at themissionlab@uloyola.es
STEP 2. Write the session CODE
STEP 2. Write the session CODE
You will obtain the CODE after completing the teacher questionnaire (see the running the experiment section).
It is important to put the correct CODE to ensure you are visualizing results from the correct group :)
STEP 3. Choose filters
STEP 3. Choose filters
According to the comparisons you want to make, you can filter by:
Gender
Country
Social Preferences
Once you finish, press the "Show Results" button.
STEP 4. Be patient for a couple of seconds!
STEP 4. Be patient for a couple of seconds!
The application will automatically display results for your group and selected filters. Please, wait around one minute.
STEP 5. Understanding the figures
STEP 5. Understanding the figures
You will see two bar graphs showing the proportion of participants whose decision pattern in the experiment matches a specific social preference type (altruist, antisocial, egalitarian or selfish).
The graphic on the left will display the comparison group you chose on the filters (see STEP 3 above), and the one on the right corresponds to your group.
Take this example: you have a group of 27 students and you want to compare their social preferences with those of the sample of students from Madagascar. You would obtain the graphs below. With this information, you can conclude that for the Malagasy sample , the egalitarian preference predominates the others . On the other hand, your group are equally reparted among altruist, egalitarian and selfish social preferences. Hence, your group and Malagasy sample have different social preferences as shown in the graphs.
Remember, if you want more specific comparisons, you can also filter by gender or social preference.
NOTE 1: The graphic will display the sample size for each group included in the analysis. Participants who exhibit inconsistent decision patterns and cannot be classified into a specific social preference type will be excluded from the analysis.
NOTE 2: The percentages in the graphic may not sum to 100% because some decision patterns can align with more than one social preference type. For example, a person may be classified as both egalitarian and altruistic.
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