Set of studies that investigated whether people reuse towels in hotels more often if they are provided with a descriptive norm (Scheibehenne, Jamil, & Wagenmakers, 2016).
towelsA data frame with three variables:
studyAuthors of original study (see Scheibehenne et. al, 2016)
logORMeasure of effect size: log-odds ratio of towel reuse (descriptive-social-norm vs. control)
SEMeasure of precision: standard error of log-odds ratio per study
Two groups of hotel guests received different messages that encouraged them to reuse their towels. One message simply informed the guests about the benefits of environmental protection (the control condition), and the other message indicated that the majority of guests actually reused their towels in the past (the descriptive-social-norm condition). The results suggested that the latter message facilitated towel reuse.
Scheibehenne, B., Jamil, T., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2016). Bayesian Evidence Synthesis Can Reconcile Seemingly Inconsistent Results: The Case of Hotel Towel Reuse. Psychological Science, 27, 1043–1046. doi:10.1177/0956797616644081
data(towels)
head(towels)
#> study logOR SE
#> 3 Goldstein, Cialdini, & Griskevicius (2008), Exp. 1 0.3806017 0.1976901
#> 4 Goldstein, Cialdini, & Griskevicius (2008), Exp. 2 0.3049377 0.1361155
#> 6 Schultz, Khazian, & Zaleski (2008), Exp. 2 0.2055379 0.1915920
#> 7 Schultz, Khazian, & Zaleski (2008), Exp. 3 0.2508447 0.1700769
#> 5 Mair & Bergin-Seers (2010), Exp. 1 0.2876821 0.8237545
#> 1 Bohner & Schluter (2014), Exp. 1 -0.1215424 0.2480540