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Variability is not uniformily bad: The practices of psychologists generate research questions

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Huettel, SA; Lockhead, G
Published in: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
January 1, 2001

The practices of economists increase experimental reproducibility relative to those of selected psychologists but should not be universally adopted. Procedures criticized by Hertwig and Ortmann as producing variable data are valuable, instead, for generating questions. The procedure of choice should depend on the theoretical goal: measure a known factor or learn what factors are important and need to be measured.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences

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0140-525X

Publication Date

January 1, 2001

Volume

24

Issue

3

Start / End Page

418 / 419

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
  • 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
 

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Huettel, S. A., & Lockhead, G. (2001). Variability is not uniformily bad: The practices of psychologists generate research questions. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(3), 418–419. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x01394141
Huettel, S. A., and G. Lockhead. “Variability is not uniformily bad: The practices of psychologists generate research questions.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24, no. 3 (January 1, 2001): 418–19. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x01394141.
Huettel SA, Lockhead G. Variability is not uniformily bad: The practices of psychologists generate research questions. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2001 Jan 1;24(3):418–9.
Huettel, S. A., and G. Lockhead. “Variability is not uniformily bad: The practices of psychologists generate research questions.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 24, no. 3, Jan. 2001, pp. 418–19. Scopus, doi:10.1017/s0140525x01394141.
Huettel SA, Lockhead G. Variability is not uniformily bad: The practices of psychologists generate research questions. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2001 Jan 1;24(3):418–419.
Journal cover image

Published In

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DOI

ISSN

0140-525X

Publication Date

January 1, 2001

Volume

24

Issue

3

Start / End Page

418 / 419

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
  • 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing