Experimental design

Abstract

In order to observe influences of contingencies on incentive and sorting effects, an appropriate experimental design needs to be built. Important determinants of the underlying experimental design are presented in the first section of this chapter to introduce the proceedings of the study. Then, experimental requirements are discussed with respect to the current study; followed by a presentation of the experimental task. After having specified the research design, precise hypotheses about behavioral relationships can be formed and are presented in the subsequent Chap. 4.