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# Experimental Dinners - the platform

#### **The purpose**

To set up a regular Sunday dinner scenario and format, where we can run informal experiments, explain these concepts to guests and invite them to suggest future iterations of the experiment for future guests.<br>

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**The format**\
:: Guests are notified as asked to pre-commit by Friday evening for the following Sunday. There are 20 spots for dinner, 10 on each table.  \
:: On arrival guests are randomly assigned to one of two tables.\
:: Before dinner we do a survey of basic demographics.&#x20;

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**Table 1** // Intervention #1

**Table 2** // Control #1<br>

Pre and post dinner Measure // Repeat of the pre-dinner measure such that we have a before and after metric of dependant variable. <br>

#### Dessert

Over dessert the the experiment is explained to guests and the theme for discussion is social experimentation. <br>