(Dis)advantages of student subjects: What is your research question?

2010-06-01articleBehavioral and Brain Sciences51 citationsgreen

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Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics Ethics in Clinical Research

Abstract

I argue that the right choice of subject pool is intimately linked to the research question. At least within economics, students are often the perfect subject pool for answering some fundamental research questions. Student subject pools can provide an invaluable benchmark for investigating generalizability across different social groups or cultures.

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