Psychologists should learn structural specification and experimental econometrics

The most plausible of Yarkoni's paths to recovery for psychology is the least radical one: psychologists need truly quantitative methods that exploit the informational power of variance and heterogeneity in multiple variables. If they drop ambitions to explain entire behaviors, they could find...

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Published inThe Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 45; p. e29
Main Author Ross, Don
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 10.02.2022
Subjects
Behavior
Design
Econometrics
Economists
Experimental psychology
Experiments
Humans
Hypotheses
Incentives
Information processing
Learning
Open Peer Commentary
Psychologists
Psychology
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Summary:The most plausible of Yarkoni's paths to recovery for psychology is the least radical one: psychologists need truly quantitative methods that exploit the informational power of variance and heterogeneity in multiple variables. If they drop ambitions to explain entire behaviors, they could find a box full of design and econometric tools in the parts of experimental economics that don't ape psychology.
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ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X21000108