====== Bandwagon Effect Survey ======

By [[daniel-chen| daniel chen]]

====== introduction ======
The bandwagon effect is when people do something because they see others doing it, even if they don’t really want to. It’s important to know about this so we don’t just follow the crowd without thinking.
====== Hypothesis ======
The researcher thinks that people will pick the painting with more stars because they see it has a higher rating.
====== method ======
To test this, The researcher did an experiment with two paintings. The researcher used paintings that people didn't know, so they couldn't choose based on their own experience.


{{:students:grove-of-many-moons-1024x816.jpg?400|}}

(paintings A)

{{:students:moonbringer-med-rez-768x1132.jpg?400|}}

(paintings B)

The researcher told some people that painting A had 4.8 stars and painting B had 2.3 stars (group 1). The researcher told others that painting A had 2.3 stars and painting B had 4.8 stars (group 2). The researcher explained the stars to them before they saw the paintings.
====== Data Results ======

Data was collected from 25 subjects over two days, with 25 in each group.

When paintings A has 4.8-star and paintings B has 2.3-star

{{:students:螢幕擷取畫面_2024-04-22_000912.png?400|}}

When paintings A has 2.3-star and paintings B has 4.8-star

{{:students:螢幕擷取畫面_2024-04-22_005112.png?400|}}

====== Discussion ======
The results show that boys picked both paintings about the same. Girls liked painting B more, no matter how many stars it had. This means they picked painting B even if it had fewer stars.

====== Conclusion ======
This survey doesn’t clearly show the bandwagon effect. To really know if it’s happening, we need to ask more people and have an equal number of boys and girls.