Initial condition effect
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RECRUITMENT
Where participants did amend their outcome rating, they amended the rating towards the group mean, but the degree to which they corrected their scores depended on their recruitment order. Earlier participants corrected themselves less to the final group mean score than later participants. This may partly be due to the fact that the first 17 participants did not have access to the stakeholder response feedback upon first completing the survey. However, whilst we did see what appears to be an ‘iteration effect’ in those participants that changed their score, the overwhelming majority of participants in the RTD survey did not amend their rating of an outcome after the initial rating, inferring that the ‘initial condition’ effect is not applicable the majority of the time.The RTD approach allowed participants to engage with the survey without waiting for the survey administrator to evaluate the stakeholder responses and generate the feedback graphs. It also freed up time for the survey administrator to monitor respondent rates and stay up-to-date with participant reminder emails.