Research Design
Donald Campbell's Legacy
Leonard Bickman
- Vanderbilt University, USA and Florida International University, USA
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Leading social research methodologists and evaluators explore research design issues in this second of two volumes inspired by the work of Donald Campbell and sponsored by the American Evaluation Association. The authors address such issues as quasi-experimentation, the proper conduct of social inquiry, ways to take account of threats to validity, plausible rival hypotheses in measurement and design, subject selection and loss in randomized experiments, the use of evaluation to assess the validity of computer simulations, method variance, and time series experiments. Applied researchers who want to improve their research designs will find this book a compelling and thought-provoking read.
Contents
Introduction
Introduction
Plausible Rival Hypotheses in Measurement, Design and Scientific Theory
Plausible Rival Hypotheses in Measurement, Design and Scientific Theory
The Empirical Program of Quasi-Experimentation
The Empirical Program of Quasi-Experimentation
The Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix as Synopsis and Recapitulation of Campbell's Views on the Proper Conduct of Social Inquiry
The Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix as Synopsis and Recapitulation of Campbell's Views on the Proper Conduct of Social Inquiry
Understanding 'Method' Variance
Understanding 'Method' Variance
A Typology of Strategies for Ruling out Threats to Validity
A Typology of Strategies for Ruling out Threats to Validity
Participant Selection and Loss in Randomized Experiments
Participant Selection and Loss in Randomized Experiments
The Design of the New York School Choice Scholarship Program Evaluation
The Design of the New York School Choice Scholarship Program Evaluation
On Models Used to Adjust for Pre-Existing Differences
On Models Used to Adjust for Pre-Existing Differences
Computer Simulations as Experiments: Using Program Evaluation Tools to Assess the Validity of Interventions in Virtual Worlds
Computer Simulations as Experiments: Using Program Evaluation Tools to Assess the Validity of Interventions in Virtual Worlds
Evolution of the Time Series Experiment
Evolution of the Time Series Experiment
Index
Index
About the Editor
About the Editor
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Description
Leading social research methodologists and evaluators explore research design issues in this second of two volumes inspired by the work of Donald Campbell and sponsored by the American Evaluation Association. The authors address such issues as quasi-experimentation, the proper conduct of social inquiry, ways to take account of threats to validity, plausible rival hypotheses in measurement and design, subject selection and loss in randomized experiments, the use of evaluation to assess the validity of computer simulations, method variance, and time series experiments. Applied researchers who want to improve their research designs will find this book a compelling and thought-provoking read.
Contents
Introduction
Introduction
Plausible Rival Hypotheses in Measurement, Design and Scientific Theory
Plausible Rival Hypotheses in Measurement, Design and Scientific Theory
The Empirical Program of Quasi-Experimentation
The Empirical Program of Quasi-Experimentation
The Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix as Synopsis and Recapitulation of Campbell's Views on the Proper Conduct of Social Inquiry
The Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix as Synopsis and Recapitulation of Campbell's Views on the Proper Conduct of Social Inquiry
Understanding 'Method' Variance
Understanding 'Method' Variance
A Typology of Strategies for Ruling out Threats to Validity
A Typology of Strategies for Ruling out Threats to Validity
Participant Selection and Loss in Randomized Experiments
Participant Selection and Loss in Randomized Experiments
The Design of the New York School Choice Scholarship Program Evaluation
The Design of the New York School Choice Scholarship Program Evaluation
On Models Used to Adjust for Pre-Existing Differences
On Models Used to Adjust for Pre-Existing Differences
Computer Simulations as Experiments: Using Program Evaluation Tools to Assess the Validity of Interventions in Virtual Worlds
Computer Simulations as Experiments: Using Program Evaluation Tools to Assess the Validity of Interventions in Virtual Worlds
Evolution of the Time Series Experiment
Evolution of the Time Series Experiment
Index
Index
About the Editor
About the Editor
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
January 2000 | 264 pages | Sage US
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Leading social research methodologists and evaluators explore research design issues in this second of two volumes inspired by the work of Donald Campbell and sponsored by the American Evaluation Association. The authors address such issues as quasi-experimentation, the proper conduct of social inquiry, ways to take account of threats to validity, plausible rival hypotheses in measurement and design, subject selection and loss in randomized experiments, the use of evaluation to assess the validity of computer simulations, method variance, and time series experiments. Applied researchers who want to improve their research designs will find this book a compelling and thought-provoking read.
Table Of Contents:
- Introduction
- Plausible Rival Hypotheses in Measurement, Design and Scientific Theory
- The Empirical Program of Quasi-Experimentation
- The Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix as Synopsis and Recapitulation of Campbell's Views on the Proper Conduct of Social Inquiry
- Understanding 'Method' Variance
- A Typology of Strategies for Ruling out Threats to Validity
- Participant Selection and Loss in Randomized Experiments
- The Design of the New York School Choice Scholarship Program Evaluation
- On Models Used to Adjust for Pre-Existing Differences
- Computer Simulations as Experiments: Using Program Evaluation Tools to Assess the Validity of Interventions in Virtual Worlds
- Evolution of the Time Series Experiment
- Index
- About the Editor
- About the Contributors