| Field Experiments and Their Critics: Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences Contributor(s): Teele, Dawn Langan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 030016940X ISBN-13: 9780300169409 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $22.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Methodology - Social Science | Research - Social Science | Statistics |
| Dewey: 300.72 |
| LCCN: 2013007487 |
| Series: Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.75 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 most important stakes and will provide useful guidance to students and scholars in many disciplines. |