Into the wild: Field research can increase both replicability and real-world impact

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 100-106

  Maner, Jon K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied psychology; Field research; Replication; Research methods

Indexed keywords

BASIC RESEARCH; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EDUCATION; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 84977134561     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.09.018     Document Type: Article

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