R. Hertwig et A. Ortmann, Money, lies, and replicability: On the need for empirically grounded experimental practices and interdisciplinary discourse - Response, BEHAV BRAIN, 24(3), 2001, pp. 433-451
This response reinforces the major themes of our target article. The impact
of key methodologica; variables should not be taken for granted. Rather, w
e suggest grounding experimental practices in empirical evidence. If no evi
dence is available, decisions about design and implementation ought to be s
ubjected to systematic experimentation. In other words, we argue against em
pirically blind conventions and against methodological choices based Oil be
liefs, habits, or rituals. Our approach will neither inhibit methodological
diversity nor constrain experimental creativity. More likely, it will prom
ote both goals.