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Test Bank for Designing Experiments for the Social Sciences How to Plan, Create, and Execute Research Using Experiments Coleman
Downloadable Instructor Test Bank for Designing Experiments for the Social Sciences How to Plan, Create, and Execute Research Using Experiments By Renita Coleman, ISBN: 9781506377322
Table Of Content
Causation
Experiments Compared to Other Methods
Basic Criteria for Experiments
Elements of Experiments
Starting a Study of Your Own
The Scurvy Studies
The Contributions of Charles Peirce
Ronald Fisher’s Plots and Tea
B. F. Skinner: Small Samples, High Tech
Stanley Milgram Shocks the World
Philip Zimbardo: Raising Consciences in a Stanford Basement
Conclusion
The Literature Review
Hypotheses and Research Questions
Campbell and Stanley’s Typology of Experiments
Quasi Experiments
Natural Experiments
Field Experiments
Ecological and External Validity
Generalizability
Cause and Effect
Logical Inference
Replication
Internal Validity
Single-Factor Designs
Factorial Designs
How Subjects Are Used in Designs
Control Groups
The Purpose of Random Assignment
Operationalizing Random Assignment
Reporting Random Assignment
Balanced and Unbalanced Designs
Checking That Random Assignment Was Effective
Blocking, Matching, and Other Strategies
Random Assignment of Other Things
Random Assignment Resistance
Student Samples
Amazon’s Mechanical Turk
Other Subject Sources
Recruiting
Incentives
Sample Size and Power
Examples of Stimuli
Advice on Creating Stimuli
Manipulation Checks
Reporting the Stimuli and Manipulation Checks
Instruments
Institutional Review Boards
Ethical Issues in Experiments
Protecting Subjects
Researcher Issues
