While there are many books available on statistical analysis of data from experiments, there is significantly less available on the design, development, and actual conduct of the experiments. Laboratory Experiments in the Social Sciences summarizes how to design and conduct scientifically sound experiments, be they from surveys, interviews, observations, or experimental methods. The book encompasses how to collect reliable data, the appropriate uses of different methods, and how to avoid or resolve common problems in experimental research. Case study examples illustrate how multiple methods can be used to answer the same research questions and what kinds of outcome would result from each methodology. Sound data begins with effective data collection. This book will assist students and professionals alike in sociology, marketing, political science, anthropology, economics, and psychology. Provides a comprehensive summary of issues in social science experimentation, from ethics to design, management, and financingOffers how-to explanations of the problems and challenges faced by everyone involved in social science experimentsPays attention to both practical problems and to theoretical and philosophical argumentsDefines commonalities and distinctions within and among experimental situations across the social sciences INDICE: Part I - Designing and Conducting Experiments Chapter 1 - Why Do Experiments? Chapter 2 - Ethics and Experiments Chapter 3 - Logical and Philosophical Foundations of Experimental Research in the Social Sciences Chapter 4 - Training Interviewers and Experimenters Chapter 5 - Human Participants in Laboratory Experiments in the Social Sciences Chapter 6 - Developing Your Experiment Chapter 7 - Common Challenges and Solutions in Experiments Part II. Experimental Research Across Disciplines Chapter 8 - Laboratory Experiments in Sociology Chapter 9 - Experiments on Exchange Relations and Exchange Networks Chapter 10 - Social Dilemma Experiments in Sociology, Psychology, Political Science and Economics Chapter 11 - Hypotheses, Operationalizations, and Manipulation Checks Chapter 12 - The Standardized Experimental Situation in Expectation State Research: Notes on History, Uses, and Special Features Chapter 13 - Experimental Political Science Chapter 14 - Voting and Agenda Setting in Political Science and Economics Chapter 15 - Economic Games for Social Scientists Chapter 16 - Solving Coordination Problems, Experimentally Chapter 17 - Experimental Studies of Media Stereotyping Effects Chapter 18 - Judgment and Decision Making Chapter 19 - Experiments in Organizational Behavior Part III. Practical Concerns Chapter 20 - Conducting Applied Experimental Research Chapter 21 - Funding Experiments, Writing Proposals
- ISBN: 978-0-12-404681-8
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 550
- Fecha Publicación: 12/09/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés