The role of data in facilitating discussion: Reply to Jackson (2021).

A comment on the recent American Psychologist article, "In the Immediate Wake of Hoffman's Independent Review: Psychologist and General Public Perceptions" (Thornewill et al., 2020) raised concerns regarding some interpretations of the data (Jackson, 2021). In this reply, we emphasize that the primary aim of the study was to present initial data regarding a sensitive and hotly debated issue to promote more empirically based discussion and lay the groundwork for future research in this domain. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).