B
Evidence Grade B
Graded
accuracy verified by the review judge
Safe to Cite
Current
94%
94% -- compliance rate for Xerox machine request study participants (2026)
94% of people agreed to let someone cut in line at a Xerox machine when asked 'Excuse me, I have 5 pages. May I use the xerox machine, because I'm in a rush?'
Attribution:
View source
Lighthouse Research Team
Last verified:
·
How we verify data →
Source verified
Evidence graded
Value
94%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ellen Langer (Harvard study, referenced by Robert Cialdini)
Primary
Tier C
https://www.alexcattoni.com/10-psychological-triggers-copywriting-tips-for-beginners/ ↗
Source Article
10 Psychological Triggers To Be Insanely More Persuasive With Copywriting
Original Research
Ellen Langer (Harvard study, referenced by Robert Cialdini)
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Classic Langer copy machine study referenced via Cialdini; baseline 60% compliance without a reason
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
Cite this stat
Plain Text
Xerox machine request study participants: 94% compliance rate. Source: Ellen Langer (Harvard study, referenced by Robert Cialdini) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/xerox-compliance-reason-why
HTML Embed
<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/xerox-compliance-reason-why" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>94%</strong> -- compliance rate for Xerox machine request study participants<br><small>Source: Ellen Langer (Harvard study, referenced by Robert Cialdini) (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/xerox-compliance-reason-why" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
Share
Related Statistics
Use this data in your work
Copy the citation, embed the widget, or explore thousands more verified marketing statistics -- all free.