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To what are we trying to generalize?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2001

Robin M. Hogarth
Robin M. Hogarth
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Department of Economics and Business, Pompeu Fabra University, 08005 Barcelona, Spain robin.hogarth@econ.upf.es
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Abstract

In conducting experiments, economists take more care than psychologists in specifying characteristics of people and tasks and are clearer about the conditions to which results can be generalized. Psychologists could learn much from this practice. They should also think in terms of programs of research – involving laboratory and field studies – that will allow them to test the generality of their theories.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , June 2001 , pp. 416 - 417
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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