Imagine that they are questioning your choice of experiment, and suggesting an alternative.
Please provide justification for these particular choices of experiments.
In addition, we investigated whether there was a significant change in strategy preference from Experiment 1 to Experiment 2 by comparing the percentages of feature and place choices of Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 using Wilcoxon tests.
The choice of suitable experiments was based on a combination of a Rechtschaffner experimental design and a surface response design to determine the influence of experimental parameters and to optimize the final product.
However, within each choice situation of experiment 1, the two choice options were completely the same with respect to leaf age and size, and, in the balanced design, completely the same with respect to prey density and damage level.
Our goal is to propose a numerical criterion to quantify how "good" the choice of the experiment e is for the purpose of evaluating θ∗.
Similarly, when larvae of C. populi were given a free choice in a choice-test setup to feed either on IE or on NE leaves, they did not prefer either plant type in the beginning (first choice) of the experiment (Fig. 3b, Additional file 8: Table S5).
Alternative dummy choices adjust the outcome of choice experiments, and in such a way that an obviously better option is chosen less often.
In order to measure mating preferences for body size, we conducted a series of choice experiments using computer animations of digital images of different sizes of the opposite sex as stimuli.
Overall, the reviewers agree on the choice of the key experiments and the experimental approach.
