“The way in which an experiment is conducted is unbelievably important”: on the experimentation practices of economists and psychologists

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Ortmann, Andreas
“The way in which an experiment is conducted is unbelievably important”: on the experimentation practices of economists and psychologists.
Munich: CESifo, 2009. 16 s. CESifo Working Paper Series, 2887.
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70850503
Keywords : Duhem-Quine problem * experimental design * experimental implementation
Subject RIV: AH - Economics
http://www.cesifo-group.de/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/1185892.PDF

To discuss experimental results without discussing how they came about makes sense when the results are robust to the way experiments are conducted. Experimental results, however, are – arguably more often than not – sensitive to numerous design and implementation characteristics such as the use of financial incentives, deception, and the way information is presented.
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