RT Book, Section
SR 00
ID 10.1007/978-94-010-2288-0_6
A1 Winkler, R.L.
A1 Murphy, A.H.
T1 On the Generalizability of Experimental Results
YR 1974
FD 1974
SP 103
OP 126
AB The age-old question of the generalizability of the results of experiments that are conducted in artificial laboratory settings to more realistic inferential and decision-making situations is considered in this paper. Conservatism in probability revision provides an example of a result that (1) has received wide attention, including attention in terms of implications for real-world decision making, on the basis of experiments conducted in artificial settings and (2) is now apparently thought by many to be highly situational and not at all a ubiquitous phenomenon, in which case its implications for real-world decision making are not as extensive as originally claimed. In this paper we consider the questions of generalizations from the laboratory to the real world in some detail, both within the context of the experiments regarding conservatism and within a more general context. In addition, we discuss some of the difficulties inherent in experimentation in realistic settings, suggest possible procedures for avoiding or at least alleviating such difficulties, and make a plea for more realistic experiments
A2 Staël Von Holstein, C.-A.S.
T2 The Concept of Probability in Psychological Experiments
ED 8
PB Springer
PP Netherlands
T3 Theory and Decision Library
SN 978-94-010-2288-0
AV Published
LK https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14261/
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2288-0_6