Experimental political science and the study of causality : from nature to the lab / Rebecca B. Morton, Kenneth C. Williams.

By:

Morton, Rebecca B, 1954-

Contributor(s):

Williams, Kenneth C

Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xv, 590 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780521136488 (pbk.)
0521199662
9780521136488 (pbk.)
0521136482 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.01 22

LOC classification:

JA71 .M675 2010

Other classification:

89.04

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Contents:

The advent of experimental political science -- Experimental reasoning about causality -- What makes a good experiment -- Ethics.

Summary: "Increasingly, political scientists use the term 'experiment' or 'experimental' to describe their empirical research. One of the primary reasons for doing so is the advantage of experiments in establishing causal inferences. In this book, Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams discuss in detail how experiments and experimental reasoning with observational data can help researchers determine causality. They explore how control and random assignment mechanisms work, examining both the Rubin causal model and the formal theory approaches to causality. They also cover general topics in experimentation such as the history of experimentation in political science; internal and external validity of experimental research; types of experiments - field, laboratory, virtual, and survey - and how to choose, recruit, and motivate subjects in experiments. They investigate ethical issues in experimentation, the process of securing approval from institutional review boards for human subject research, and the use of deception in experimentation"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-569) and indexes.

The advent of experimental political science -- Experimental reasoning about causality -- What makes a good experiment -- Ethics.

"Increasingly, political scientists use the term 'experiment' or 'experimental' to describe their empirical research. One of the primary reasons for doing so is the advantage of experiments in establishing causal inferences. In this book, Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams discuss in detail how experiments and experimental reasoning with observational data can help researchers determine causality. They explore how control and random assignment mechanisms work, examining both the Rubin causal model and the formal theory approaches to causality. They also cover general topics in experimentation such as the history of experimentation in political science; internal and external validity of experimental research; types of experiments - field, laboratory, virtual, and survey - and how to choose, recruit, and motivate subjects in experiments. They investigate ethical issues in experimentation, the process of securing approval from institutional review boards for human subject research, and the use of deception in experimentation"--Provided by publisher.

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