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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and survey responses from security officers and bartenders in experiment 3

From: When experience does not promote expertise: security professionals fail to detect low prevalence fake IDs

 

Security

Bartender

Total

317

202

Ethnicity

Black/African-American

26

24

Hispanic/Latino

11

14

White/Caucasian

248

137

Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander

13

10

Other/chose not to respond

19

18

Mean (SD) age

41.74 (12.12)

36.94 (10.28)

Self-reported gender

Female

123

109

Male

194

93

Security field

Airport security

21

-

Border patrol officer

17

-

Police officer

120

-

Security guard

151

-

Other

7

-

Years working

 < 1

27

38

1 to 5

77

82

5 to 10

75

57

 > 10

138

26

Mean (SD)

10.36 (8.83)

6.57 (6.67)

Typical work shift length

Mean (SD)

9.10 (2.29)

8.19 (2.20)

Screens IDs as current job duty

239

164

Mean (SD) years in this position

8.17 (8.06)

5.27 (5.18)

Mean (SD) minutes screening IDs in work shift

212.06 (250.99)

252.56 (294.39)

Received training

83

52

Mean (SD) days training

8.75 (9.50)

2.18 (4.92)

Undergoes practice sessions

70

43

Receives feedback on ID screening

55

42

ID screening media (select all that apply)

Person-to-photograph

217

140

Photograph-to-photograph

80

44

Video-to-person

70

24

Video-to-photograph

54

24

Person-to-person

64

21

Uses digital aids

35

27

  1. “SD” refers to standard deviation of the mean