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Experiments in Hitch-hiking: What works best?


Bryan 1 Dependency
(bandaged knee & cane/healthy)
Tobin & Sexton 4 Sex
(M/F)
Dress
(business/casual)
Location
(town/highway)
Time
(day/night)
Crassweller et al. 3 Dress
(hip/well dressed)
Location
(Dallas/Stamford)
Socio-economic section of city
(lower, middle, upper)
Baugher 1 Beard
(yes/no)
Snyder et al. 3 Sex & Company
(M, F, M&F)
Eye contact
(yes/no)
Location
(freeway on-ramp, freeway off-ramp, 6-lane 30 mph, 2-lane 15 mph)
Pomazal & Clore 2 Sex
(M/F)
Dependency
(beside car with trunk up and spare tire/beside car with trunk down and no spare tire/no car)
Pomazal & Clore 2 Sex
(M/F)
Dependency
(knee brace & arm sling/healthy)
 

 

Table 4: Summary of Observations Recorded
Experimenters Observations Recorded
Morgan et al. 8 Count of passing vehicles Count of ride offers Number of passengers Sex of driver Apparent age of driver Apparent age of passengers Type of vehicle Apparent age of vehicle
Clifford & Cleary 2 Count of passing vehicles
(except busses and taxis)
Count of ride offers
Bryan 1 Count of ride offers
Tobin & Sexton 2 Count of passing vehicles
(Frequency)
Time to ride offer
(Latency)
Crassweller et al. 5 Count of passing vehicles
(excluding taxis and police)
Age of driver Number of passengers Reason for offer Six questions on liberalism
Baugher 7 Count of passing vehicles Drivers hair
(length/mustache/beard)
Number of passengers Sex of driver Apparent age of driver Race of driver Type of vehicle
Snyder et al. 3 Count of passing vehicles
(which could easily stop)
Count of
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