Science Outside the Laboratory: Measurement in Field Science and Economics

by Marcel Boumans

The conduct of most of social science occurs outside the laboratory. Such studies in field science explore phenomena that cannot for practical, technical, or ethical reasons be explored under controlled conditions. These phenomena cannot be fully isolated from their environment or investigated by manipulation or intervention. Yet measurement, including rigorous or clinical measurement, does provide analysts with a sound basis for discerning what occurs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199388288
• ISBN13: 9780199388288
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"