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You're doing your science wrong. The upvotes are because the conclusion is novel.

• nazgulnarsil 17y ago
  let me rephrase: what quantitative predictions can I make using the results of this study?
  • idm 17y ago
    A relevant quantitative prediction would be of this form: When participants are randomly divided into two experimental conditions, "donation" and "no-donation", participants in the donation condition donate significantly more than no-donation participants. The amount of donation is the dependent variable - it's the way you measure, quantitatively, that the experimental manipulation caused the participants to behave differently. EDIT: I forgot the prediction part. So, I predict that this "donation effect" generalizes. If I ran a charity and I wanted to increase donations, then I might predict that if I gave something to potential donors, they would donate more when they were given the chance. I'd measure the outcome in terms of dollars donated.
    • nazgulnarsil 17y ago
      this study explicitly controls for reciprocity effects though.