Experimental Data on Student Test Effort Across U.S. and Shanghai Cultures

Jeffrey Livingston from Peking University conducted an experiment measuring the effect of extrinsic incentives on student test performance. The study compares U.S. and Shanghai students, finding incentives improved performance for U.S. students but not for Shanghai students. The dataset likely contains experimental results supporting the analysis that low-stakes international rankings may reflect motivation differences, not just ability.

Use Cases

• Modeling the impact of extrinsic incentives on test scores based on the experimental design.
• Comparing educational assessment outcomes across U.S. and Shanghai student populations.
• Analyzing the relationship between intrinsic motivation and test performance in low-stakes settings.

Strengths

• Experimental design with controlled incentives.
• Cross-cultural comparison between U.S. and Shanghai student populations.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the two studied locations.

Provenance

Source

Jeffrey Livingston, Peking University

Collection Method

Experimental study offering students extrinsic incentives on achievement tests.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

United States and Shanghai, China