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02-28-2023 , 05:42 PM
Some time ago I posted a thread in NVG with a link to an academic study (link), which resulted in a peer-reviewed publication (link).

I have a new very short study (5 mins or under) that I would appreciate your participation with. Gambling researchers often create quiz questions to measure gambling literacy. You will first answer an experimental quiz question and provide your thoughts on it. You will then answer another nine more established gambling literacy questions --- and be provided with feedback on these nine questions once the study is completed. Lastly, you will be asked some demographic questions and also asked about your background of playing poker (semi)-professionally.

Feel free to post your scores on the nine questions in this thread and/or discuss the answers. I’d also be happy to answer any general questions you might have about the world of gambling research.

It's best not to discuss too many other aspects of the present study while responses are being collected as that could potentially affect the results.

The study can be accessed from here:

https://bristolexppsych.eu.qualtrics...tXmUV7auyVT6Jw

Thanks!
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02-28-2023 , 06:44 PM
Without giving away much on the questions this feels like a poor assessment of "gambling literacy". The quiz is akin to testing one's mathematical literacy by giving them 9 addition questions.
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02-28-2023 , 06:46 PM
Hola phil. Fun quiz. 7/9 here. Fun phenomenon knowing I was mathematically wrong on the 2 I disagreed on but still feeling that if I were actually gambling I'd choose differently.
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02-28-2023 , 07:07 PM
Completed the quiz/survey. 9/9.

The only quibble I had with the survey was the definition of playing semi-professionally. My definition of a semi-professional is somebody that makes money consistently undertaking an activity that requires something like a professional approach (but without that activity being the main source of income). For example, a footballer that receives £100 per week for playing on a Saturday and training two nights per week is a semi-pro, but they probably earn more off the pitch. Anyway, I entered zero in this box due to the definition detailed, but would have entered a number of years otherwise.
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02-28-2023 , 07:46 PM
I got 8/9

Last edited by madlex; 02-28-2023 at 09:48 PM. Reason: Removed reference to question in survey
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02-28-2023 , 09:49 PM
9/9

Please don't post anything regarding the content of questions in the survey. That way OP can make sure nobody got influenced in their decisions.
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02-28-2023 , 10:00 PM
8/9 but only because I changed my answer on one of the questions. Would have been 9/9 but I double guessed myself.
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02-28-2023 , 10:16 PM
I got 8/9 because I'm all smoked up and second guessed myself on the one I'm sure others did but we knew better lol
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02-28-2023 , 10:23 PM
I got 8/9 because the answer to one of your questions is incorrect.
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02-28-2023 , 10:24 PM
Lol I edited my response as per request to leave out specifics
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02-28-2023 , 10:38 PM
9/9 woo
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03-01-2023 , 12:12 AM
9/9
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03-01-2023 , 01:43 AM
9/9, but I had issues with three of the questions:

(Don't read if you haven't taken the survey yet)
Spoiler:
For the question about which series of lottery numbers would win with a higher probability between the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 series and the other with larger numbers, the lower digit sequence could be chosen in a lottery where the potential outcomes for each number only go up to 6, this would give this sequence a higher probability of winning than picking a sequence that would have to exist in a lottery with a greater number of permutations.

Your chance of winning or rather the degree of winning (prize share) in a lottery are potentially higher or lower when you pick your own numbers as certain sequences are picked with a higher frequency and have a smaller prize share when they win because of prize splitting.

If you flip a coin that lands heads 5 times in a row it is more likely to be an unfair/non-fair coin in the same way that if you roll a "6" on a die 5 times in a row it you are more likely to be rolling a weighted die.

Obviously all three of these are considering more angles than the more simple surface level questions and it was easy to not level myself with the smartass "correct wrong answers," but the questions should be more clearly defined to eliminate the potential misinterpretations I outlined. The first should specify the upper bound of each number chosen, the second should specify that winning any partial share of the top prize in a lottery is considered equally winning to any other partial or full share, and the third should specify that it is a "fair coin."
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03-01-2023 , 02:11 AM
Spoiler:
Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaKing
Obviously all three of these are considering more angles than the more simple surface level questions and it was easy to not level myself with the smartass "correct wrong answers," but the questions should be more clearly defined to eliminate the potential misinterpretations I outlined.

Well said.

Oh, and 9/9, LDO.
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03-01-2023 , 03:31 AM
9 out of 9 but I would seriously argue with a couple of the answers to the questions. Especially considering this is a poker forum and poker is different than regular table games.
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03-01-2023 , 04:44 AM
9/9
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03-01-2023 , 05:58 AM
Definitely agree 2-3 of the questions needed more clarification, but I went with the answer you were probably getting at in your questions.
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03-01-2023 , 08:55 AM
I got 9/9 but struggled with [one question] ...

Spoiler:
The coin toss question since I think there's more than one answer to it depending on what the question is trying to get at. But I guessed it was going for the all coin tosses are equal.

Would have been better if it said "A known perfectly fair coin is flipped 5 times..."


Last edited by whosnext; 03-01-2023 at 10:48 AM. Reason: mod edit to add spoiler tags
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03-01-2023 , 09:49 AM
Come on, man. It says throughout the thread to not spoil it by citing specific questions.
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03-01-2023 , 10:15 AM
9/9 but some questions could've been a bit clearer with the parameters.
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03-01-2023 , 10:30 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaKing
9/9, but I had issues with three of the questions:

(Don't read if you haven't taken the survey yet)
Spoiler:
For the question about which series of lottery numbers would win with a higher probability between the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 series and the other with larger numbers, the lower digit sequence could be chosen in a lottery where the potential outcomes for each number only go up to 6, this would give this sequence a higher probability of winning than picking a sequence that would have to exist in a lottery with a greater number of permutations.

Your chance of winning or rather the degree of winning (prize share) in a lottery are potentially higher or lower when you pick your own numbers as certain sequences are picked with a higher frequency and have a smaller prize share when they win because of prize splitting.

If you flip a coin that lands heads 5 times in a row it is more likely to be an unfair/non-fair coin in the same way that if you roll a "6" on a die 5 times in a row it you are more likely to be rolling a weighted die.

Obviously all three of these are considering more angles than the more simple surface level questions and it was easy to not level myself with the smartass "correct wrong answers," but the questions should be more clearly defined to eliminate the potential misinterpretations I outlined. The first should specify the upper bound of each number chosen, the second should specify that winning any partial share of the top prize in a lottery is considered equally winning to any other partial or full share, and the third should specify that it is a "fair coin."
Spoiler:
I don't think prize splitting should be a consideration considering the way the questions were phrased...they asked about odds of winning rather than EV. And I thought it was fair to assume all lottery numbers given were valid possibilities for the question.

I agree I'd start suspecting a rigged coin after 5 heads in a row.

Finally, just because survey maker can't beat any of the other games listed in the slots/roulette/bingo question doesn't mean advantage plays aren't available to some.
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03-01-2023 , 10:50 AM
Gentle reminder ...

Quote:
Originally Posted by madlex

Please don't post anything regarding the content of questions in the survey. That way OP can make sure nobody got influenced in their decisions.
If you want to comment on a specific question, please use Spoiler tags.
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03-01-2023 , 01:01 PM
Interesting quiz but I have issues with one question

Spoiler:


A gambler goes to the casino and wins 75% of the time. How many times has he or she likely gone to the casino?

The choices were: 4 times, 100 times, It is just as likely that he has gone either 4 or 100 times

This question implies that the gambler has a system that allows him to win 75% of the time they go to the casino. Indicating he is a winning player with some sort of strategy that has that exact winrate. Thus, the answer should be either 4 or 100 are equally as likely.

For the answer of 4 times to be correct, the question should be phrased as the gambler has won 75%, which indicates luck.



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03-01-2023 , 04:26 PM
score 3/9
I know these kinds of simplistic views on life and reality are based in hate for the world and earth. These doctors heal no one and are quacks. I see this survey as something near to the Inquisition. Every one should know probalility is not a theory of reality but a modernist way of coping with the limits of perception. I suggest everyone should look into "Random Walk" theory this is much closer to the truth than mouthing the "gamblers fallacy" like a church creed.
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