The software can be used to administer a task used to model the decision to take a bribe in the laboratory developed by Vranka and Bahník (2018) and Bahník and Vranka (in press). In the task, participants are asked to sort objects according to a given rule with a small fixed monetary reward for each sorted object. Randomly selected objects are associated with an additional reward (simulating a “bribe”),that participants can get for breaking the sorting rule, which also causes monetary harm to a third party (a charity). The software is easily adjustable without programming knowledge to give a possibility of a wide range of different experimental manipulations, such as manipulation of offered bribes sizes, the probability of bribes, the size and probability of taking a bribe, etc.
The software requires Python 3 to run. Python 3 is free and runs on various operation systems.
To use the software, download Python (install Tkinter, Tcl/Tk, which is offered by default).
Download the software.
To adjust the task, create experimental manipulations, change instructions etc., go to the folder Stuff and open file settings.py using a code or text editor (for example IDLE installed with Python, but Notepad also works).
To run the task, run experiment.pyw.
Data save to folder Data.
You can extract the data to a long format by running extract_data.pyw.
It is also possible to extract data from multiple data folder this was (e.g. from folder from different stations).
If you want any help with the program, don't hesitate to contant me at: bahniks@seznam.cz
You can also find more about me and my work at my website.