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

0364621 - NHÚ 2012 RIV DE eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Ortmann, Andreas
“The way in which an experiment is conducted is unbelievably important”: on the experimentation practices of economists and psychologists.
Sozialpsychologie und Ökonomie. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers, 2010 - (Witte, E.; Gollan, T.), s. 38-55. ISBN 978-3-89967-613-6.
[Hamburger Symposions zur Methodologie der Sozialpsychologie /25./. Hamburg (DE), 16.01.2009-17.01.2009]
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70850503
Keywords : Durhem-Quine problem * experimental design * experimental implentation
Subject RIV: AH - Economics

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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