title: Exploring Psychology in the Field: Steps and Examples From the Used-Car Market.
abstract: The growing availability of large datasets in a variety of domains presents an opportunity for researchers to use field data to better understand psychological concepts. I discuss, from an empirical economics point of view, steps for how to study cognition in large datasets. I use two recent papers that explore psychology in the used-car market as motivating examples. These examples help illustrate the potential importance of big data as a way to explore human psychology and cognition.
authors.affiliation: Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.
authors.forename: Devin G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Pope
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D066264:Datasets as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological
keywords: Field data; Used-car market