Comparing the Temporal Stability and Convergent Validity of Risk Preference Measures: A Meta-Analytic Approach

This repository contains the estimated test-retest correlations and inter-correlations from the primary data sources as well as all analysis scripts to replicate the analyses described in the manuscript.

Overview of folders and files

• var_info: xlsx. and .csv files with the list of variables and risk preference measures for each panel/sample that are used for pre-processing and data analysis (refer to var_info_file_codebook.csv for a description of the data columns). Includes codebook of risk preference measures (risk_measure_codebook.csv).

• pre_processing

  • code: scripts to select and pre-process the variables of interest from the raw data of each panel/sample.

• processing

  • code:
    • temp_stability: scripts to compute test-retest correlations using the pre-processed data of each panel/sample.
    • convergent_val: scripts to compute inter-correlations using the pre-processed data of each panel/sample.
  • output:
    • temp_stability: .csv files with the test-retest correlations of each panel/sample.
    • convergent_val: .csv files with the inter-correlations of each panel/sample.
  • processed_data_codebook.xlsx: description of the columns in the different .csv files.

• analysis

  • code:
    • temp_stability: scripts to conduct the analyses on the temporal stability of risk preference measures.
    • convergent_val: scripts to conduct the analyses on the convergent validity of risk preference measures.
  • output:
    • temp_stability: output of the analyses on the temporal stability of risk preference measures.
    • convergent_val: output of the analyses on the convergent validity of risk preference measures.

• plotting

  • code:
    • temp_stability: scripts to plot the test-retest correlations and analysis results.
    • convergent_val: scripts to plot the inter-correlations and analysis results.
  • output:
    • temp_stability: .png files of figures included in the manuscript.
    • convergent_val: .png files of figures included in the manuscript.

• docs: files for the companion website

Running scripts

The details on how to run the scripts, the output obtained, and replicate the analyses reported in the manuscript can be found on the companion website.