Social Experiments
Evaluating Public Programs With Experimental Methods
Larry L. Orr
- Abt Associates Inc
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9780761912958
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Description
Written in a friendly, how-to manner, Social Experiments provides a basic understanding of how to design and implement social experiments and how to interpret their results. Through illustrative examples, the author provides a grounding in the experimental method and gives advice on: designs that best address alternative policy questions; maximizing the precision of the estimates; implementing the experiment in the field; data collection; estimating and interpreting program impacts, costs, and benefits; dealing with biases; and the use and misuse of experimental results in the policy process.
Contents
Why Experiment? The Rationale and History of Social Experiments
Why Experiment? The Rationale and History of Social Experiments
Basic Concepts and Principles of Social Experimentation
Basic Concepts and Principles of Social Experimentation
Alternative Random Assignment Models
Alternative Random Assignment Models
Sample Design
Sample Design
Implementation and Data Collection
Implementation and Data Collection
Analysis
Analysis
Social Experimentation and the Policy Process
Social Experimentation and the Policy Process
Description
Written in a friendly, how-to manner, Social Experiments provides a basic understanding of how to design and implement social experiments and how to interpret their results. Through illustrative examples, the author provides a grounding in the experimental method and gives advice on: designs that best address alternative policy questions; maximizing the precision of the estimates; implementing the experiment in the field; data collection; estimating and interpreting program impacts, costs, and benefits; dealing with biases; and the use and misuse of experimental results in the policy process.
Contents
Why Experiment? The Rationale and History of Social Experiments
Why Experiment? The Rationale and History of Social Experiments
Basic Concepts and Principles of Social Experimentation
Basic Concepts and Principles of Social Experimentation
Alternative Random Assignment Models
Alternative Random Assignment Models
Sample Design
Sample Design
Implementation and Data Collection
Implementation and Data Collection
Analysis
Analysis
Social Experimentation and the Policy Process
Social Experimentation and the Policy Process
October 1998 | 280 pages | Sage US
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 28/02/2026 | 9780761912958 | $90.00 |
Written in a friendly, how-to manner, Social Experiments provides a basic understanding of how to design and implement social experiments and how to interpret their results. Through illustrative examples, the author provides a grounding in the experimental method and gives advice on: designs that best address alternative policy questions; maximizing the precision of the estimates; implementing the experiment in the field; data collection; estimating and interpreting program impacts, costs, and benefits; dealing with biases; and the use and misuse of experimental results in the policy process.
Table Of Contents:
- Why Experiment? The Rationale and History of Social Experiments
- Basic Concepts and Principles of Social Experimentation
- Alternative Random Assignment Models
- Sample Design
- Implementation and Data Collection
- Analysis
- Social Experimentation and the Policy Process