Testing the decoy effect to increase interest in colorectal cancer screening.

Literature on consumer choice has demonstrated that the inclusion of an inferior alternative choice (decoy) can increase interest in a target product or action. In two online studies, we tested the impact of decoys on the probability of previous non-intenders to have a screening test which could sig...

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Main Authors: Sandro Tiziano Stoffel, Jiahong Yang, Ivo Vlaev, Christian von Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213668