Reply to Fahimi et al. Comments

We are extremely pleased Survey Practice provides a forum for authors of papers with conflicting findings to have the opportunity to exchange observations and comments that may facilitate future research, if not an outright resolution of differences. Fahimi and his colleagues say that the results of our paper “are subject to one critical problem and an assortment of secondary issues.” We will attempt to address these critiques below. It is worth noting that Survey Practice submissions are deliberately restricted in length, so some of the items Fahimi found curious are addressed in a longer article that has been submitted for journal publication.