Social Experiments Methods for Design and Evaluation |
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| Author:
| Saxe, Leonard
Fine, Michelle M. |
| Series title: | SAGE Library of Social Research Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8039-1710-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1981 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $63.50 |
Book Description:
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Two social psychologists outline a rigorous and rational approach to social experiments -- programmes designed to test new solutions to social problems. The basic principles of experimental design as applied to the problems of social experiments and the practicalities of measurement, collaboration and choosing the mode of research that is most applicable are discussed -- as is the problem of utilizing the results of social experimentation.
Two social psychologists outline a rigorous and rational approach to social experiments -- programmes designed to test new solutions to social problems. The basic principles of experimental design as applied to the problems of social experiments and the practicalities of measurement, collaboration and choosing the mode of research that is most applicable are discussed -- as is the problem of utilizing the results of social experimentation.