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Field Experiments and Their Critics: Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences
Dawn Langan Teele
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paperback. In recent years, social scientists have engaged in a deep debate over the methods appropriate to their research. This title offers a collection of essays by the influential figures on every side of this debate reveals its most important stakes and can provide useful guidance to students and scholars in many disciplines. Editor(s): Teele, Dawn Langan. Series: The Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
In recent years, social scientists have engaged in a deep debate over the methods appropriate to their research. 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. 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. This unique collection of essays by the most influential figures on every side of this debate reveals its ... Read more
In recent years, social scientists have engaged in a deep debate over the methods appropriate to their research. 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. 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. This unique collection of essays by the most influential figures on every side of this debate reveals its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
The Institution for Social and Policy Studies
Condition
New
Weight
409g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300169409
SKU
V9780300169409
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About Dawn Langan Teele
Dawn Langan Teele is a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Yale University
Reviews for Field Experiments and Their Critics: Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences
Advocates and critics of experimental methods debate vigorously in this exceptionally important set of essays. Neither scholars nor policy makers can remain aloof from this great debate; all will be rewarded by a close reading of this indispensable and engaging guide to the core questions of our discipline. - David Waldner, author of State Building and Late ... Read more