Laboratory Experiments in the Social Sciences

ISBN: 9780123694898 出版年:2007 页码:574 Academic Press_RM

知识网络
知识图谱网络
内容简介

Laboratory Experiments in the Social Sciences is the only book providing core information for researchers about the ways and means to conduct experiments. Its comprehensive regard for laboratory experiments encompasses ow-to explanations, investigations of philosophies and ethics, explorations of experiments in specific social science disciplines, and summaries of both the history and future of social science laboratories. No other book offers such a direct avenue to enlarging our knowledge in the social sciences.This collection of original chapters combines instructions and advice about the design of laboratory experiments in the social sciences with the array of other issues. While there are books on experimental design and chapters in more general methods books on design, theory, and ethical issues, no other book attempts to discuss the fundamental ideas of the philosophy of science or lays out the methods comprehensively or in such detail. Experimentation has recently prospered because of increasing interest in cross-disciplinary syntheses, and this book of advice, guidelines, and observations underline its potential and increasing importance.路 Provides a comprehensive summary of issues in social science experimentation, from ethics to design, management, and financing路 Offers "how-to" explanations of the problems and challenges faced by everyone involved in social science experiments路 Pays attention to both practical problems and to theoretical and philosophical arguments路 Defines commonalities and distinctions within and among experimental situations across the social sciences

Amazon评论 {{comment.person}}

{{comment.content}}

作品图片
推荐图书