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Different perspectives of human behavior entail different experimental practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2001

Ramzi Suleiman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israelsuleiman@psy.haifa.ac.il

Abstract

My main argument is that the advice offered to experimental psychologists by Hertwig & Ortmann overlooks fundamental differences between the goals of researchers in psychology and economics. Furthermore, it is argued that the reduction of data variability is not always an end to be sought by psychologists. Variability that originates in individual differences constitutes valuable data for psychological research.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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