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Social Experimentation and Public Policy
Greenberg, David H.; Linksz, Donna; Mandell, Marvin
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Paperback. Series: Urban Institute Press. Num Pages: 335 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. .
Social experiments use random assignment to measure the market or fiscal outcomes of policy interventions. Since the 1960s, they have become the major method for evaluating proposed changes in social programs. To judge the social gains of these experiments, policymakers, funders of experiments, the public, and those who conduct social experiments need realistic standards and expectations for judging.Social Experimentation and Public Policymaking advances that effort with a history of social experimentation and a theoretical framework for study of its techniques. The authors analyze five of the most prominent social experiments ever conducted, to explore their origins, the use of the ... Read more
Social experiments use random assignment to measure the market or fiscal outcomes of policy interventions. Since the 1960s, they have become the major method for evaluating proposed changes in social programs. To judge the social gains of these experiments, policymakers, funders of experiments, the public, and those who conduct social experiments need realistic standards and expectations for judging.Social Experimentation and Public Policymaking advances that effort with a history of social experimentation and a theoretical framework for study of its techniques. The authors analyze five of the most prominent social experiments ever conducted, to explore their origins, the use of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Urban Institute Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Series
Urban Institute Press
Number of Pages
335
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780877667117
SKU
V9780877667117
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