Tyack et al. cite three specific concerns in their commentary regarding Schorr et al. [1], and we respond briefly to them here. Quotes around normal font designate text from their commentary; italicized text in quotes is from the original paper [1]. Tyack et al. state that readers may misinterpret findings in Schorr et al. [1] because they aren’t “. . .adequately appreciating that that some of ...

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