Proverb Experiment

Title: Attitudes of recipients and givers of birthday presents with respect to giving and receiving?

Introduction and Hypothesis: "It is better to give than receive" is a time-worn proverb, but this research determined to discover actual attitudes toward the concept among individuals who either received or gave birthday presents. The study was a correlational research design constructed to measure how the two variables of "giving" and "receiving" are related to the perception of "better" through a survey questionnaire. In order to form a hypothesis concerning this proverb, operational definitions of "better", "give" and "receive" are necessary. For the purposes of this study, the three following definitions were used:

Better � A condition that is more excellent or suitable than an alternative condition.

Give � To turn over the ownership of a resource (time, income, etc.) to another without cost or exchange.

Receive � To be the recipient of a resource (time, income, etc.) from another without cost or exchange.

The following hypothesis was formulated in relation to the above defined variables:

If the proverb "It is better to give than to receive" is true, then those who gave birthday presents should respond via survey that they found the experience better to a higher degree than the degree to which the recipients of birthday presents found it a "better" experience.

Subjects: Subjects were 48 male and female emp

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