Stereotypes about counterstereotypical behavior

Last registered on June 13, 2021
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Stereotypes about counterstereotypical behavior
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0005634
Initial registration date
April 02, 2020

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First published
April 02, 2020, 12:07 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Last updated
June 13, 2021, 5:06 PM EDT

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Locations

Country
United States of America
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Elisa Matthewes
Affiliation
University of Fribourg
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2020-04-04
End date
2020-04-17
Keywords
Gender
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JEL code(s)
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Abstract
This study investigates how counterstereotypical behavior affects the public beliefs about, first, career-related personality traits and, second, expertise in gender-stereotypical fields. The experiment elicits stereotypes of an individuals' personality and expertise: Subjects are presented a description about a (theoretical) person who is featured as either exhibiting stereotypical (assertive man or unassertive woman) or counterstereotypical (unassertive man or assertive woman) behavior. Then, they are asked to rate this person’s personality traits and expertise in various gender-specific categories on a seven-point scale. Subjects are thereby incentivized to not reveal their own belief but to correctly anticipate the modal response of beliefs reported by others.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Matthewes, Elisa. 2021. "Stereotypes about counterstereotypical behavior." AEA RCT Registry. June 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5634-1.1
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2020-04-04
Intervention End Date
2020-04-17

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The effect of the treatments on several outcomes will be measured. Those outcome measures can be categorized into two different groups: (1) personality traits and (2) expertise.

Personality traits: Honesty, Emotionality, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience, Likeability, Trustworthiness

Expertise: Sports, History, Mathematics, Pop Culture, Arts & Literature, Cooking
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
In this experiment, participants will be randomized into one of four groups such that each participant will have a 25% chance of being randomized into any given group. Subjects are presented a description about a (theoretical) person who is featured as either exhibiting stereotypical (Treatment 1: assertive man, Treatment 2: unassertive woman) or counterstereotypical (Treatment 3: unassertive man, Treatment 4: assertive woman) behavior. Then, they are asked to rate this person’s personality traits and expertise in various gender-specific categories on a seven-point scale. Subjects are thereby incentivized to not reveal their own belief but to correctly anticipate the modal response of beliefs reported by others.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization by computer.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
No clusters.
Sample size: planned number of observations
600 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
150 individuals per treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
German Association for Experimental Economic Research e.V.
IRB Approval Date
2020-04-01
IRB Approval Number
uUNVF26W
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
Yes
Intervention Completion Date
April 17, 2020, 12:00 +00:00
Data Collection Complete
Yes
Data Collection Completion Date
April 17, 2020, 12:00 +00:00
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization)
Was attrition correlated with treatment status?
No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations
600 subjects
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms
150 subjects per treatment
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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