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Figure 3. Average Sharing: Most Popular vs. Least Popular Children
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Figure 3 compares the average number of silly bands shared between the most and least
popular children. The most popular children (those who are ranked among the upper
quartile) gave away on average 1.48 silly bands in the Public treatment, and only 1.03
silly bands in the Private treatment (p = .05). The least popular children (those who are
ranked at the lower quartile) shared 1.54 silly bands with the matched anonymous partner
in Public, which is not significantly different from the number of silly bands shared in
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We investigated alternative ways to identify more and less popular children. The pattern detailed in
Figure 4 holds comparing children ranked in the upper third of the popularity index with the ones who are
ranked at the lower third of the popularity index. The more popular kids share more in Public and less in
Private, while the less popular kids behave more similarly in both Public and Private, although the
differences are less obvious.
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