Research Article

On a Unique Solution of the Stochastic Functional Equation Arising in Gambling Theory and Human Learning Process

Table 1

Mean proportional choices by group and by blocks of 20 trials of pressing a ‘left key’ in gambling experiment.

Group
Trials50 : 5070 : 3090 : 10

1-200.4300.4890.765
21-400.5050.6640.878
41-600.5500.7210.950
61-800.4950.7220.954
81-1000.4650.7820.965
101-1200.5150.8150.964
N101414

Those two groups where N was increased to 14 because the data were required for another purpose (an analysis of choice sequences), and the incidence of 100 : 0 choice distributions was cutting down on the amount of data available for such analysis.