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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828174703321

Titolo

Cambridge handbook of experimental political science / / edited by James N. Druckman [and three others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-139-06317-0

1-107-21397-5

1-280-77305-7

1-139-07543-8

9786613683823

0-511-92145-4

1-139-07998-0

1-139-06967-5

1-139-08225-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 562 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

POL000000

Disciplina

320.072

Soggetti

Political science - Methodology

Political science - Research

Political science - Experiments

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Experimentation in Political Science; 1. The Evolution and Influence of Experiments in Political Science; 2. Diversity of Applications; 3. Diversity of Experimental Methods; 4. The Volume; 5. Conclusion; References; Part I DESIGNING EXPERIMENTS; CHAPTER 2 Experiments: An Introduction to Core Concepts; 1. What Is an Experiment?; 2. Random Assignment or Random Sampling?; 3. Internal and External Validity

4. Documenting and Reporting Relationships5. Ethics and Natural Experiments; 6. Conclusion; Appendix: Introduction to the Neyman-Rubin Causal Model; Noncompliance; References; CHAPTER 3 Internal



and External Validity; 1. Internal Validity; Comparisons with Experimental Economics; Threats to Internal Validity; Ways to Improve; 2. External Validity; Threats to External Validity; Ways to Improve; 3. Balance between Internal and External Validity; 4. Future Work; References; CHAPTER 4 Students as Experimental Participants: A Defense of the "Narrow Data Base"

1. The "Problem" of Using Student SubjectsDimensions of External Validity; Evaluating External Validity; 2. Statistical Framework; 3. Contrasting Student Samples with Other Samples; 4. Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 5 Economics versus Psychology Experiments: Stylization, Incentives, and Deception; 1. Stylized versus Contextually Rich Experimental Scenarios; Logic of Stylization; Limits of Stylization; 2. Use of Monetary Incentives; Monetary Incentives as a Means of Rewarding Accuracy or Reducing Noise; Monetary Incentives as a Means of Controlling for Preferences

Monetary Incentives as a Means of Measuring Social PreferencesDoes the Scale of Monetary Incentives Matter?; Potential Problems with Use of Monetary Incentives; 3. Use of Deception; Lack of Deception in Experimental Economics; Use of Deception in Experimental Political Psychology; References; Part II THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE; CHAPTER 6 Laboratory Experiments in Political Science; 1. Causal Inference: The Strength of Experiments; Negativity in Campaign Advertising; Racial Cues in Local News Coverage of Crime; Facial Similarity as a Political Cue

2. The Issue of GeneralizabilityMundane Realism; Sampling Bias; "Drop-In" Samples; Expanding the Pool of Online Participants; Sampling from Online Research Panels; 3. Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 7 Experiments and Game Theory's Value to Political Science; 1. Cooperative Game Theory and Experiments; Coalition Formation; 2. Noncooperative Game Theory and Experiments; Voter Competence; Jury Decision Making; Contributions to Other Fields; 3. Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 8 The Logic and Design of the Survey Experiment: An Autobiography of a Methodological Innovation; 1. Logic of Discovery

2. A Design Classification

Sommario/riassunto

Laboratory experiments, survey experiments and field experiments occupy a central and growing place in the discipline of political science. The Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science is the first text to provide a comprehensive overview of how experimental research is transforming the field. Some chapters explain and define core concepts in experimental design and analysis. Other chapters provide an intellectual history of the experimental movement. Throughout the book, leading scholars review groundbreaking research and explain, in personal terms, the growing influence of experimental political science. The Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science provides a collection of insights that can be found nowhere else. Its topics are of interest not just to researchers who are conducting experiments today, but also to researchers who think that experiments can help them make new and important discoveries in political science and beyond.