A NOTE ON THE ROBUSTNESS OF A CLASSICAL FRAMING RESULT

Two experiments were conducted to re-examine Tversky and Kahneman's study of framing effects on the choice between programs to combat an epidemic. Two potentially misleading aspects of the phrasing of the original questions were modified. In addition, the number of people assumed to be affected by the disease was reduced to account for the fact that the re-examination was made in a country much smaller than that originally investigated. The framing effects observed were noticeably smaller than in Tversky and Kahneman's study, but they were still substantial and statistically significant. The size of the effects was not significantly affected by the alterations in wording.