"I was that close": Investigating Players' Reactions to Losses, Wins, and Near-Misses on Scratch Cards.

J Gambl Stud · 2016 · PMC4764632 · PMID 25862018

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closest p · 1.2× alpha

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fell just short of significancep = .059so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Participants’ ratings of near-misses ( M = 2.65, SD = .92) as being lower in valence (more negative) than losses ( M = 2.91, SD = .75) fell just short of significance, t (33) = −1.95, p = .059.

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