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Zusatztext "This book is a must: It teaches the different experimental aims and designs; it shows how to link experiments to theory and important social questions; it demonstrates that experiments in the physical sciences and sociology follow the same logic; it gives instructions how to select subjects and treat them in an ethical way; and! above all! it motivates by delivering many examples of answers to fundamental social questions already provided by experiments in the past."-Frans N. Stokman! ICS! University of Groningen! The Netherlands Informationen zum Autor David Willer is the Scudder Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina. Henry A. Walker is Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona. Klappentext Building Experiments is the essential text for understanding experimental methods. In engaging style, the book shows how theory is employed in experimental design, how experiments test theory, and how proper design and use of experiments can advance the social sciences as explanatory sciences. The interactive nature of the text encourages students to hone their skills, building and running experiments while learning the underlying principles of theory and experimentation. > Zusammenfassung Ranging from abstract theory to practical design solutions, this book provides the reader with the understandings needed to design and run cutting edge experiments.
