Does learning about the mathematics of gambling change gambling behavior?

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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Robert J.
dc.contributor.authorConnolly, Dennis
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-17T22:05:57Z
dc.date.available2007-07-17T22:05:57Z
dc.date.issued2006-03
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo green journal. Permission to archive accepted author manuscript.en
dc.description.abstractThe present research examined the influence of improved knowledge of odds and mathematical expectation on the gambling behavior of university students. A group of 198 Introductory Statistics students received instruction on probability theory using examples from gambling. One comparison group of 134 students received generic instruction on probability and a second group of 138 non-Statistics students received no mathematical instruction. Six months after the intervention, students receiving the intervention demonstrated superior ability to calculate gambling odds as well as resistance to gambling fallacies. Unexpectedly, this improved knowledge and skill was not associated with any decreases in actual gambling behavior. The implication of this research is that enhanced mathematical knowledge on its own may be insufficient to change gambling behavior.en
dc.description.peer-reviewYes
dc.description.sponsorshipAlberta Gaming Research Instituteen
dc.identifier.citationWilliams, R. J., & Connolly, D. (2006). Does learning about the mathematics of gambling change gambling behavior? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 20(1), 62-68. DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.20.1.62en
dc.identifier.issn0893-164x
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/369
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Associationen
dc.publisher.departmentMathematics and Computer Science
dc.publisher.facultySchool of Health Sciences
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Science
dc.publisher.urlhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0893-164X.20.1.62
dc.subjectcollege studentsen
dc.subjectgamblingen
dc.subjectmathematics educationen
dc.subjectprobabilityen
dc.subjectMathematical knowledge
dc.subjectOdds
dc.subjectCollege
dc.subjectUniversity
dc.titleDoes learning about the mathematics of gambling change gambling behavior?en
dc.typeArticleen
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