okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Voting and training
Daniel Kahneman talking about a simple way to get people to vote:
You call and ask people ahead of time, "Will you vote?". That's all. "Do you intend to vote?". That increases voting participation substantially, and you can measure it. It's a completely trivial manipulation, but saying 'Yes' to a stranger, "I will vote" ...
Would something similar work if you're trying to motivate an orienteer? Ask "do you plan to do some technique training this weekend?"
