Experimental Economics & Behavioral Experiments Certification

The Experimental Economics & Behavioral Experiments Certification is a free advanced-level, 25-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests experimental economics and behavioural experiments — Vernon Smith's induced-value methodology and the 2002 Nobel, market experiments and double auctions, public goods and free-riding, ultimatum, dictator and trust games, social preferences and reciprocity, risk and time preferences elicitation, prospect theory and loss aversion, anchoring and framing, lab, field and natural field experiments after Harrison and List, incentive compatibility and the no-deception norm, randomisation, power and pre-registration, external validity and the replication crisis, oTree and online panels, nudges and behavioural policy, and ethics and IRB review — written to Nobel, AEA, J-PAL, Holt and Kahneman–Tversky sources for 2026 and 2027. Score 70% or more on its 25 questions to earn a verifiable Experimental Economics & Behavioral Experiments certificate (SOA-EEBE). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Markets, Games, and Strategic Behavior (Charles A. Holt (Princeton University Press)), Research resources for randomized evaluations (J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab)), Richard H. Thaler: Prize in Economic Sciences 2017 (NobelPrize.org) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Experimental Economics & Behavioral Experiments Certification, written for 2026 and 2027. It tests foundations and methods, markets and games, preferences and biases, lab, field and validity and policy, ethics and practice with 25 original scenario questions in all, each naming its published source; you get an instant score and a verifiable certificate with a credential ID you can add to LinkedIn.

Read the five skill areas on this page, then take the 25-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Experimental Economics & Behavioral Experiments certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Markets, Games, and Strategic Behavior (Charles A. Holt (Princeton University Press)); Research resources for randomized evaluations (J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab)); Richard H. Thaler: Prize in Economic Sciences 2017 (NobelPrize.org); Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk (Kahneman and Tversky, Econometrica (1979)); Field Experiments (Journal of Economic Literature, 2004) (Harrison and List); oTree documentation for behavioural experiments (oTree). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Five skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Foundations and Methods (Induced value, Experimental design and Incentives); Markets and Games (Market experiments, Bargaining games and Public goods); Preferences and Biases (Risk and time, Prospect theory and Framing); Lab, Field and Validity (Experiment types, Validity and Replication); Policy, Ethics and Practice (Nudges, A/B testing and Ethics). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Economics or psychology graduate student, Behavioural science or insights practitioner, Experimental or UX researcher, Policy nudge unit analyst and Product experimentation lead. It suits students at leading universities, career switchers and experienced professionals who want quick, verifiable proof of Experimental Economics & Behavioral Experiments knowledge in 2026 and 2027.

Math, stats and economics majors are drawn to sports analytics, social-good data work and geospatial science. Passing earns a founder-signed Science of Apps certificate with a credential ID and QR code that recruiters can verify.

Vernon Smith's principle that experimenters can control subjects' preferences by paying real money tied to outcomes, provided rewards are monotonic, salient and dominate other motives, so lab behaviour tests economic theory.

Responders often reject low but positive offers and proposers often offer 40–50%, showing that fairness concerns and willingness to punish shape behaviour beyond pure self-interest.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

25 questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — with a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Advanced: assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge. It has 25 scenario questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — and a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.