Field Experiments and Their Critics: Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences (The Institution for Social and Policy Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 030016940X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Important read" according to yalie. Important companion to other texts on field experiments. Read this alongside Gerber and Green's "Field Experiments: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation" to get a full understanding of the state of the discipline.
Astute and readable. Highly recommended."—John Gerring, author of Social Science Methodology: A Unified Framework . "An excellent book on a subject that lies at the center of current methodological debates in the social sciences. The volume brings together many of the leading protagonists and antagonists (i.e., skeptics) of the experimental method and in the process illustrates the strengths, and the limitations, of this powerful method
This unique collection of essays by the most influential figures on every side of this debate reveals its most important stakes and will provide useful guidance to students and scholars in many disciplines.. Their long reliance on passive observational collection of information has been challenged by proponents of experimental methods designed to precisely infer causal effects through active intervention in the social world. In recent years, social scientists have engaged in a deep debate over the methods appropriate to their research. Some scholars claim that field experiments represent a new gold standard and the best way forward, while others insist that these methods carry inherent inconsistencies, limitations, or ethical dilemmas that observational approaches do not