Maglio and Polman (2014), Study 2 — MP14

Authors measured the subjective distance on travel from one subway station (Bay) and asked the subjective distance to another station, at most two stations away from the location of the experiment. The other factor manipulated was the direction of travel. The data are suitable for a two-way analysis of variance.

Usage

MP14_S1

Format

A data frame with 202 rows and 3 variables:

station: [factor] subway station, one of Spadina, St. George, Bloor-Yonge and Sherbourne
direction: [factor] direction of travel, either east or west
distance: [integer] subjective distance, a Likert scale ranging from very close (1) to very far (7)

Source

Open Science Foundation, https://osf.io/7rajd/, unspecified license

Details

The specific question asked to commuters was "How far away does the [name] station feel to you?"

References

Maglio, S. J., & Polman, E. (2014). Spatial orientation shrinks and expands psychological distance. Psychological Science, 25(7), 1345–1352. doi:10.1177/0956797614530571