General Information

Author/Creator

Morton, Rebecca B., 1954-

Language

English.

Published

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Physical Description

xv, 590 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Williams, Kenneth C.

Contents/Summary

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.

Subjects

Subject

Political science > Methodology.

Political science > Research.

Thought experiments.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Rebecca B. Morton, Kenneth C. Williams.

Content

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

ISBN

9780521199667

0521199662

9780521136488

0521136482

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	320.01 MOR		OSA Repository	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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