Research design
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Research design
（Donald Campbell's legacy, v. 2）
Sage Publications, c2000
- : hbk
- : pbk
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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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Plausible Rival Hypotheses in Measurement, Design and Scientific Theory - David Rindskopf
The Empirical Program of Quasi-Experimentation - William R Shadish
The Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix as Synopsis and Recapitulation of Campbell's Views on the Proper Conduct of Social Inquiry - William D Crano
Understanding 'Method' Variance - Lee Sechrest et al
A Typology of Strategies for Ruling out Threats to Validity - Chares S Reichardt
Participant Selection and Loss in Randomized Experiments - Stephen G West and Brad J Sagarin
The Design of the New York School Choice Scholarship Program Evaluation - Donald Rubin, Jennifer L Hill and Neal Thomas
On Models Used to Adjust for Pre-Existing Differences - Jay Magidson
Computer Simulations as Experiments: Using Program Evaluation Tools to Assess the Validity of Interventions in Virtual Worlds - Richard A Berk et al
Evolution of the Time Series Experiment - Richard D McCleary
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