Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams discuss how experiments and experimental reasoning with observational data help researchers determine causality
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Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams discuss how experiments and experimental reasoning with observational data help researchers determine causality
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; PART I: Introduction; 1 The Advent of Experimental Political Science; PART II: Experimental Reasoning About Causality; 2 Experiments and Causal Relations; 3 The Causal Inference Problem and the Rubin Causal Model; 4 Controlling Observables and Unobservables; 5 Randomization and Pseudo-Randomization; 6 Formal Theory and Causality; PART III: What Makes a Good Experiment?; 7 Validity and Experimental Manipulations; 8 Location, Artificiality, and Related Design Issues; 9 Choosing Subjects; 10 Subjects' Motivations; PART IV: Ethics
11 History of Codes of Ethics and Human Subjects Research12 Ethical Decision Making and Political Science Experiments; 13 Deception in Experiments; PART V: Conclusion; 14 The Future of Experimental Political Science; 15 Appendix: The Experimentalist's To Do List; References; Author Index; Subject Index