Design of surveys impacts willingness to pay in transportation choices.
The study looked at how different ways of presenting information and the design of experiments can affect how much people are willing to pay for certain things. By analyzing data from a study on car commuters in Sydney, the researchers found that the way information is presented and the design of the study can significantly impact how much people are willing to pay for travel time savings. This means that how information is shown to people can change how much they value certain things.