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Several behavioral themes are used to guide the analyses.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>Several market experiments were run to collect trading data, which was then exported into a data warehouse. A secondary data analysis is performed on variables derived from the original trade data. In particular, k\u2010means clustering is used to form groups of traders that share common characteristics.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Participants can be classified into homogenous groups based on their trading behavior. Groups tend to differ based on the overall level of participation, how much of their trading activity is spent buying or selling, and how early they enter the market.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>More research should be done using a variety of variables to further determine the impact of various types of trader behavior on prediction markets.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>Using insights gained from work like this, the design of prediction markets can be fine tuned to encourage behavior that contributes to trader participation and the overall accuracy of the market predictions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>Little research has been done to evaluate the impact of trader behavior on the accuracy of prediction markets. 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