Some problems with zooming out as scientific reform.

Area of Science:

• Behavioral Science
• Integrative Experimentation
• Scientific Methodology

Background:

• Current empirical behavioral science faces limitations.
• Integrative experimentation offers a path for improvement.
• Existing methods produce results contingent on underlying assumptions.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the potential of integrative experimentation in behavioral science.
• To identify challenges in interpreting results from integrative experiments.
• To explore the relationship between addressing the 'crud factor' and maintaining explainability.

Main Methods:

• Review of current practices in empirical behavioral science.
• Analysis of the conditional nature of results from integrative experiments.
• Theoretical examination of interpretability and explainability.

Main Results:

• Integrative experimentation promises advancements over the status quo.
• Experimental outcomes are inherently dependent on stated assumptions.
• The viability of addressing the 'crud factor' without compromising explainability is uncertain.

Conclusions:

• While integrative experimentation is beneficial, its findings are assumption-dependent.
• A robust theory of interpretability is crucial for understanding and applying experimental results.
• Further research is needed to reconcile the 'crud factor' with scientific explainability.