Teaching Experimental Political Science

Author : Elizabeth A. Bennion
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1802208798
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Experimental Political Science written by Elizabeth A. Bennion and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The teacher-scholars featured in this book explain how to spark a students’ natural curiosity about the world they live in by using experimental design to test basic intuition, generate and answer “what if” questions, and address real world problems that matter deeply to students, researchers, policymakers, political practitioners, and the community at large.

Author : Rebecca B. Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139490532
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experimental Political Science and the Study of Causality written by Rebecca B. Morton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-06 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, political scientists use the term 'experiment' or 'experimental' to describe their empirical research. One of the primary reasons for doing so is the advantage of experiments in establishing causal inferences. In this book, Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams discuss in detail how experiments and experimental reasoning with observational data can help researchers determine causality. They explore how control and random assignment mechanisms work, examining both the Rubin causal model and the formal theory approaches to causality. They also cover general topics in experimentation such as the history of experimentation in political science; internal and external validity of experimental research; types of experiments - field, laboratory, virtual, and survey - and how to choose, recruit, and motivate subjects in experiments. They investigate ethical issues in experimentation, the process of securing approval from institutional review boards for human subject research, and the use of deception in experimentation.

Author : James N. Druckman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108478506
Total Pages : 671 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advances in Experimental Political Science written by James N. Druckman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novel collection of essays addressing contemporary trends in political science, covering a broad array of methodological and substantive topics.

Author : Jeffrey L. Bernstein
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839101210
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Research Methods in Political Science written by Jeffrey L. Bernstein and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Research Methods in Political Science brings together experienced instructors to offer a range of perspectives on how to teach courses in political science. It focuses on numerous topics, including identifying good research questions, measuring key concepts, writing literature reviews and developing information literacy skills.

Author : James N. Druckman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108804373
Total Pages : 671 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advances in Experimental Political Science written by James N. Druckman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experimental political science has changed. In two short decades, it evolved from an emergent method to an accepted method to a primary method. The challenge now is to ensure that experimentalists design sound studies and implement them in ways that illuminate cause and effect. Ethical boundaries must also be respected, results interpreted in a transparent manner, and data and research materials must be shared to ensure others can build on what has been learned. This book explores the application of new designs; the introduction of novel data sources, measurement approaches, and statistical methods; the use of experiments in more substantive domains; and discipline-wide discussions about the robustness, generalizability, and ethics of experiments in political science. By exploring these novel opportunities while also highlighting the concomitant challenges, this volume enables scholars and practitioners to conduct high-quality experiments that will make key contributions to knowledge.

Author : B. Kittel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137016647
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experimental Political Science written by B. Kittel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of core problems in experimental research on voting behaviour and political institutions, ranging from design and data analysis to inferences with respect to constructs, constituencies and causal claims. The focus of is on the implementation of principles in experimental political science and the reflection of actual practices.

Author : James N. Druckman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521192129
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science written by James N. Druckman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-06 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of how political scientists have used experiments to transform their field of study.

Author : Peter John
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317680170
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field Experiments in Political Science and Public Policy written by Peter John and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field experiments -- randomized controlled trials -- have become ever more popular in political science, as well as in other disciplines, such as economics, social policy and development. Policy-makers have also increasingly used randomization to evaluate public policies, designing trials of tax reminders, welfare policies and international aid programs to name just a few of the interventions tested in this way. Field experiments have become successful because they assess causal claims in ways that other methods of evaluation find hard to emulate. Social scientists and evaluators have rediscovered how to design and analyze field experiments, but they have paid much less attention to the challenges of organizing and managing them. Field experiments pose unique challenges and opportunities for the researcher and evaluator which come from working in the field. The research experience can be challenging and at times hard to predict. This book aims to help researchers and evaluators plan and manage their field experiments so they can avoid common pitfalls. It is also intended to open up discussion about the context and backdrop to trials so that these practical aspects of field experiments are better understood. The book sets out ten steps researchers can use to plan their field experiments, then nine threats to watch out for when they implement them. There are cases studies of voting and political participation, elites, welfare and employment, nudging citizens, and developing countries.

Author : B. Kittel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137016647
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experimental Political Science written by B. Kittel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of core problems in experimental research on voting behaviour and political institutions, ranging from design and data analysis to inferences with respect to constructs, constituencies and causal claims. The focus of is on the implementation of principles in experimental political science and the reflection of actual practices.

Author : Akan Malici
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351401890
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Science Research in Practice written by Akan Malici and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing rings truer to those teaching political science research methods: students hate taking this course. Tackle the challenge and turn the standard research methods teaching model on its head with Political Science Research in Practice. Akan Malici and Elizabeth S. Smith engage students first with pressing political questions and then demonstrate how a researcher has gone about answering them, walking them through real political science research that contributors have conducted. Through the exemplary use of a comparative case study, field research, interviews, textual and interpretive research, statistical research, survey research, public policy and program evaluation, content analysis, and field experiments, each chapter introduces students to a method of empirical inquiry through a specific topic that will spark their interest and curiosity. Each chapter shows the process of developing a research question, how and why a particular method was used, and the rewards and challenges discovered along the way. Students can better appreciate why we need a science of politics—why methods matter—with these first-hand, issue-based discussions. The second edition now includes: Two completely new chapters on field experiments and a chapter on the textual/interpretative method. New topics, ranging from the Arab Spring to political torture to politically sensitive research in China to social networking and voter turnout. Revised and updated "Exercises and Discussion Questions" sections. Revised and updated "Interested to Know More" and "Recommended Resources" sections.