In Kazdin's "Research design in clinical psychology" (3rd ed.), the
rationale for retaining "subjects" is provided in a footnote to the
first chapter. Among the points made:
1) "Subjects" is used extensively in discussions of design, (subject
selection, within-subject, single-subject).
2) "Participants" is vague. It could refer to experimenters,
investigators, subjects, and consumers.
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I heard the APA wants to retire the term "subjects"
Is this a good move, or are they just being silly?
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