Open AccessTesting of behavior bias
Author(s) -
Herwan Darwis,
Suwito Suwito,
Zainuddin Jhay
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of research in business and social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2147-4478
DOI - 10.20525/ijrbs.v10i8.1482
Subject(s) - fallacy , test (biology) , statistical hypothesis testing , psychology , statistics , mathematics , biology , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology
This study aims to (i) test the behavior bias of gamblers fallacy occurs at the time of uptrend and downtrend conditions; (ii) test the behavior bias of halo effect occurs at the time of uptrend and downtrend conditions; and (iii) test the behavior bias of familiarity effect occurs at the time of uptrend and downtrend conditions. The number of samples in the study was as many as 41 people. The test equipment used is One-Sample t-Test and Paired t-Test by using statistical package for social scientists (SPSS) as a static test tool. The results of this study show that: (i) Gamblers' fallacy that occurs when the uptrend condition is greater than when the condition is downtrend; (ii) Halo effect that occurs when the uptrend condition is greater than when the downtrend condition; (iii) Familiarity effect that occurs when the uptrend condition is greater than when the downtrend condition.