WW Norton & Co Field Experiments: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation

Developed out of a one-semester course on experimental research methods in the social sciences, this work by Gerber (political science, Yale U.) and Green (political science, Columbia U.) introduces the principles of social sciences experimentation in the field and illustrates the principles with examples drawn from criminology, economics, education, political science, social psychology, and sociology. End-of-chapter exercises encourage thinking about problems of research design and analysis of data. The authors assume knowledge of introductory statistical inference and regression. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) A brief, authoritative introduction to field experimentation in the social sciences. Written by two leading experts on experimental methods, this concise text covers the major aspects of experiment design, analysis, and interpretation in clear language. Students learn how to design randomized experiments, analyze the data, and interpret the findings. Beyond the authoritative coverage of the basic methodology, the authors include numerous features to help students achieve a deeper understanding of field experimentation, including rich examples from the social science literature, problem sets and discussions, data sets, and further readings. Autorid: Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green