Designing Experiments for the Social Sciences
How to Plan, Create, and Execute Research Using Experiments
- Renita Coleman - University of Texas at Austin, USA
Experimental & Quasi-Experimental Research | Quantitative Research Methods in Education | Research Design | Research Methods in Communication | Research Methods in Education | Research Methods in Mass Communication | Research Methods in Political Science | Research Methods in Political Science | Statistics - General Interest |
–Sarah El Sayed, University of Texas at Arlington
Designing Experiments for the Social Sciences: How to Plan, Create, and Execute Research Using Experiments is a practical, applied text for courses in experimental design. The text assumes that students have just a basic knowledge of the scientific method, and no statistics background is required. With its focus on how to effectively design experiments, rather than how to analyze them, the book concentrates on the stage where researchers are making decisions about procedural aspects of the experiment before interventions and treatments are given.
Renita Coleman walks readers step-by-step on how to plan and execute experiments from the beginning by discussing choosing and collecting a sample, creating the stimuli and questionnaire, doing a manipulation check or pre-test, analyzing the data, and understanding and interpreting the results. Guidelines for deciding which elements are best used in the creation of a particular kind of experiment are also given. This title offers rich pedagogy, ethical considerations, and examples pertinent to all social science disciplines.
Supplements
Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:
- Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course.
- Test banks provide a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity to edit any question and/or insert your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:
- Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter is included.
Helpful guide for teaching how to think through experimental design for marketing/business
As the title of the book indicates, this book presents very general information not specific to any particular discipline within the social sciences. As a specific target audience is lacking, the book does not provide an extensive coverage of any topic within the scope of research methods. The book cannot be used as a textbook for students of Psychology.
As the title of the book indicates, this book presents very general information not specific to any particular discipline within the social sciences. As a specific target audience is lacking, the book does not provide an extensive coverage of any topic within the scope of research methods. The book cannot be used as a textbook for students of Psychology.
