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Table 4 Matching hypothetical and real-world tasks

From: When piloting health services interventions, what predicts real world behaviours? A systematic concept mapping review

Factor

Definition

Association with consistency

Type of supporting data

Matching Samples

Whether the sample of people making the hypothetical decision closely resembles the population that faces the real-world decision

When participants in hypothetical situations resemble the target real-world group, hypothetical decisions are more consistent with real-world ones

Empirical [56, 73,74,75]

Matching Procedures

Whether the study procedures (e.g. what decision is being made and how the information is presented) for both hypothetical and real tasks are matched.

When the procedural characteristics of a hypothetical decision resemble the real-world decision, consistency will be higher

Review [12, 37, 39, 65, 76]

Empirical [69, 74, 77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85]