The results of the study were made known in Milgram s Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View (1974). So-called teachers (who were
actually the unknowing subjects of the experiment) were recruited by Milgram in response to a newspaper ad offering $4.00 for one hour s work.
(The purchasing power of $4.50 at that time amounted to some 14 loaves of bread or 22 beers).
In preparing to conduct his Study of Obedience Experiments Milgram selected 40 male volunteers who had responded to this advert for persons willing to participate in a Study of Memory.
The 40 who were chosen were selected to vary in age, educational attainment, and occupation to give an overall