How do spa-goers make decisions when faced with a choice conflict? Discrete choice experiments for day spas in Thailand

Ranking in discrete choice experiments

A common problem in ethology is ranking of animal preferences for several discrete stimuli or options. We considered experiments where animals chose one of all possible simultaneously presented options. The animals might be observed at repeated occasions. In the ethological literature the analysis is often focused on testing the global hypotheses of no difference in preferences by non-parametri...

“Future-choice” decisions: How do we really handle the future?

Consider a social planner deciding which route to use in constructing a new highway. How far into the future should such a decision look? What volumes of traffic are likely to develop on alternative highways? What currently unknown technological advances could change costs and benefits? Will public preferences remain stable? What are the possibilities of different natural or social disasters? A...

Shoal Choice in Swordtails when Preferences Conflict

Individuals obtain a range of benefits from aggregating with others. Evidence suggests that group size and the phenotypic characteristics of potential group mates are both important attributes influencing the grouping decisions of prospective group members. Their interaction, however, remains poorly understood. Here we investigate, in a series of dichotomous choice experiments, what happens whe...

Ryan Discrete choice experiments in health care

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Abortion: When Choice and Autonomy Conflict