Dataset for Xue, L., Sitzia, S., and Turocy, T.L. (2017) Mathematics self-confidence and the "prepayment effect" in riskless choices. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 135: 239-250. Each row corresponds to the responses of one participant. No participant participated more than one time. The data are stored in CSV, with the following fields/columns treatment: name of treatment (Post, Pre, Pre+Amount, Pre+Amount+Instr) participant: unique identifier for participant session: unique identifier for session (each session was for one treatment) earnings: total earnings for participant (in pounds and pence) lo_spade_max: maximisation rate on low-spades trials max{1..7}: whether the participant chose an earnings-maximising card in set {1..7} choice{1..7}: the card the participant chose in set {1..7} experience: number of previous experiments participated in exp_group: classification of previous experience (none, some, much) based on number of previous experiments gender: Male/Female/Decline school: school/unit of study at UEA is_econ: 1 if is student in School of Economics, 0 otherwise native: Native or NonNative speaker of English nationality: stated nationality (using 3-letter ISO country codes) age: stated age, in years Codes for school/unit of study: AMA: Art, Media, and American Studies ART: Art History and World Studies BIO: Biology CHE: Chemistry CMP: Computing Science DEV: International Development ECO: Economics EDU: Education and Lifelong Learning ENV: Environmental Sciences HIS: History HSC: Health Sciences LAW: Law LCS: Language and Communication Studies LDC: Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing MED: Medicine MTH: Mathematics NBS: Business PHA: Pharmacy PPL: Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies PSY: Psychology SCI: Science