Objecting to experiments even while approving of the policies or treatments they compare.
A/B tests
field experiments
pragmatic trials
randomized controlled trials
research ethics
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN: 1091-6490
Titre abrégé: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7505876
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 08 2020
11 08 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
29
7
2020
medline:
2
10
2020
entrez:
29
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We resolve a controversy over two competing hypotheses about why people object to randomized experiments: 1) People unsurprisingly object to experiments only when they object to a policy or treatment the experiment contains, or 2) people can paradoxically object to experiments even when they approve of implementing either condition for everyone. Using multiple measures of preference and test criteria in five preregistered within-subjects studies with 1,955 participants, we find that people often disapprove of experiments involving randomization despite approving of the policies or treatments to be tested.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32719133
pii: 2009030117
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2009030117
pmc: PMC7430984
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
18948-18950Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by PNAS.
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