Talk:Near-miss effect

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 14:58, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that gamblers have an inflated confidence when they choose a lottery ticket or throw the roulette ball compared to when another agent does so?

• Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2658737/
  (However, it is repeatedly observed that gamblers have inflated confidence (indicated by wager size, for example) when given the opportunity to choose their lottery ticket or throw the dice or roulette ball themselves, compared to conditions where the action is performed by another.)

• • ALT1: ... that due to the near-miss effect, gamblers may mistake a game of luck for a game of skill? Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2658737/
    (The presence of personal control may be a core factor in causing the gambler to mistake a game of chance for a game with some skill component, which is effectively controllable.)
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Moved to mainspace by Anonymous1261 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Who am I? / Talk to me! / What have I done? 13:05, 30 October 2024 (UTC).

• article is new enough, long enough, copyright free. QPQ not done as nom has less than 5 nominations. However, there's a citation needed tag which should be fixed before it can be marked as approved. It seems like an interesting article nonetheless. JuniperChill (talk) 12:00, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Fixed now. Who am I? / Talk to me! / What have I done? 10:16, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Yep, all good now. JuniperChill (talk) 10:28, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

National Library of Medicine is not a publisher or journal.

"According to a study published in the National Library of Medicine, gamblers have an inflated confidence when..." It is unclear if this refers to reference 3 or something else. If 3, it could say "a study in Neuron..." Ben (talk) 00:19, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip!

Cheers, Who am I? / Talk to me! / What have I done? 13:19, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

What is a "near" miss?

I seem to recall reading that if the winning number is 865234, the person who holds 765234 will likely not perceive that as a near miss, while the person who holds 865244 will likely see his as "close" and the person who has 865233 may be devastated by the "nearness" of his miss, despite that each of them missed winning by only one digit. The conclusion drawn is that even if the numbers are independently assorted, the last digits are seen as "closer" than the first ones, as if they were counting numbers. Is there a place in this article for this observation (distinguished from the observation already in the article)? Minturn (talk) 16:05, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Could you recall the source?

Cheers,Who am I? / Talk to me! / What have I done? 10:28, 3 December 2024 (UTC)