Summary statistics for items on superstition and illusion of control
| Item | Mean | Standard deviation | N | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superstition (Cronbach's alpha = 0.75) | |||||
| I like to carry a lucky coin, charm or token when I’m doing something important | 2.17 | 0.99 | 88 | 1 | 4 |
| I can improve my chances of winning by performing special rituals | 2.03 | 1.04 | 88 | 1 | 4 |
| There may be magic in certain numbers | 2.14 | 0.90 | 88 | 1 | 4 |
| When I take a test (or took them in the past) I use a lucky pen or pencil | 1.77 | 0.82 | 87 | 1 | 4 |
| There is useful information in my daily horoscope | 1.70 | 0.82 | 88 | 1 | 4 |
| When I need a little luck I wear lucky clothes or jewelry | 1.85 | 0.95 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| A game of chance is a contest of wills between the game and the player | 2.85 | 1.14 | 88 | 1 | 5 |
| I believe that fate is against me when I lose | 2.25 | 1.06 | 88 | 1 | 5 |
| I do not consider myself to be a superstitious person. (Reverse scored) | 2.29 | 1.24 | 73 | 1 | 5 |
| Illusion of control (Cronbach's alpha = 0.74) | |||||
| It is good advice to stay with the same pair of dice on a winning streak | 2.46 | 1.04 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| One should pay attention to lottery numbers that often win | 2.43 | 0.98 | 87 | 1 | 4 |
| If a coin is tossed and comes up heads ten times in a row, the next toss is more likely to be tails | 2.41 | 1.14 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| Some people are just born lucky | 3.10 | 0.93 | 86 | 1 | 5 |
| The longer I’ve been losing, the more likely I am to win | 2.48 | 0.96 | 87 | 1 | 4 |
| Contextually framed statements (Cronbach's alpha = 0.58) | |||||
| One can learn to pick a good interest rate | 3.44 | 0.87 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| The more I know about loans, the earlier I can get a low interest rate | 3.59 | 0.91 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| I will save money by using a system to predict the interest rate | 3.39 | 0.94 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| If my farm yield was low for several years, the probability of a high yield increases | 2.46 | 0.96 | 87 | 1 | 4 |
| Item | Mean | Standard deviation | Minimum | Maximum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I like to carry a lucky coin, charm or token when I’m doing something important | 2.17 | 0.99 | 88 | 1 | 4 |
| I can improve my chances of winning by performing special rituals | 2.03 | 1.04 | 88 | 1 | 4 |
| There may be magic in certain numbers | 2.14 | 0.90 | 88 | 1 | 4 |
| When I take a test (or took them in the past) I use a lucky pen or pencil | 1.77 | 0.82 | 87 | 1 | 4 |
| There is useful information in my daily horoscope | 1.70 | 0.82 | 88 | 1 | 4 |
| When I need a little luck I wear lucky clothes or jewelry | 1.85 | 0.95 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| A game of chance is a contest of wills between the game and the player | 2.85 | 1.14 | 88 | 1 | 5 |
| I believe that fate is against me when I lose | 2.25 | 1.06 | 88 | 1 | 5 |
| I do not consider myself to be a superstitious person. (Reverse scored) | 2.29 | 1.24 | 73 | 1 | 5 |
| It is good advice to stay with the same pair of dice on a winning streak | 2.46 | 1.04 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| One should pay attention to lottery numbers that often win | 2.43 | 0.98 | 87 | 1 | 4 |
| If a coin is tossed and comes up heads ten times in a row, the next toss is more likely to be tails | 2.41 | 1.14 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| Some people are just born lucky | 3.10 | 0.93 | 86 | 1 | 5 |
| The longer I’ve been losing, the more likely I am to win | 2.48 | 0.96 | 87 | 1 | 4 |
| One can learn to pick a good interest rate | 3.44 | 0.87 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| The more I know about loans, the earlier I can get a low interest rate | 3.59 | 0.91 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| I will save money by using a system to predict the interest rate | 3.39 | 0.94 | 87 | 1 | 5 |
| If my farm yield was low for several years, the probability of a high yield increases | 2.46 | 0.96 | 87 | 1 | 4 |
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