Reparation-difficulty levels were calibrated from a pretest of men’s willingness.

Evidence

Furthermore, because the level at which the diffi culty of making reparations will outweigh the importance of reparations needed to be determined a priori, we conducted a pretest to establish the levels of diffi culty to use in our experiment. Men from the same population as our participants were asked the maximum number of signatures they would be willing to collect for the described petition. Because the average maximum was close to 50, we chose that level for the moderate diffi culty condition, and then chose numbers well above and below that for the high and low diffi culty conditions respectively. — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 44

Categorization

• XREF: Anchoring the difficulty manipulation to men’s self-reported willingness evokes the broader asymmetry claim that advantaged-group men may underestimate costs borne by those facing discrimination. — connects to: Men randomly assigned to four reparations-difficulty conditions — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 41; Reparation difficulty was experimentally manipulated without eliciting actual commitment. — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 51; Reparation difficulty was manipulated by varying required signature counts of 5, 50, or 100. — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 51

Broader Connections

• Reparation difficulty was manipulated by varying required signature counts of 5, 50, or 100. #expands (0.95) — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 51
• Reparation difficulty was experimentally manipulated without eliciting actual commitment. #expands (0.78) — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 51