Building Experiments: Testing Social Theory

by David Willer and Henry A. Walker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804752451
• ISBN13: 9780804752459
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Stanford Social Sciences
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"