Steps in Each Experimental Treatment
| Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) Treatment | Choice Matching Treatment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Step | Description | Step | Description |
| 1 | Prequestionnaire: respondents answer questions about how hungry and how full they feel | 1 | Prequestionnaire: respondents answer questions about how hungry and how full they feel |
| N/A | 2 | Practice: respondents take part in a practice preference task and belief task | |
| 2 | Preference task: respondents make choices in the 12 choice situations of the DCE (direct questioning, individual-level choices elicited) | 3 | Preference task: respondents make choices in the 12 choice situations of the DCE (direct questioning, individual-level choices elicited) |
| — | N/A | 4 | Belief task: respondents make predictions about other respondents’ choice behavior (indirect questioning, population-level choices elicited) |
| 3 | Postquestionnaire: final questionnaire | 5 | Postquestionnaire: final questionnaire |
| — | N/A | 6 | Payoff disclosure: respondents are informed regarding their additional payoff |
| — | N/A | 7 | Payment respondents are given additional payment (if any) |