Experimental Political Science and the Study of Causality: From Nature to the Lab

by Kenneth C. Williams and Rebecca B. Morton

Book Overview

Increasingly, political scientists are describing their empirical research or the reasoning behind their choices in empirical research using the terms "experiment" or "experimental." One of the primary reasons for doing so is the advantage of experiments in establishing causal inferences. In this book, Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams discuss in detail how experiments and experimental reasoning with observational data can help researchers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521199662
• ISBN13: 9780521199667
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 606 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"