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Digest of Social Experiments (Urban Institute Press)
David H. Greenberg
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Paperback. Series: Urban Institute Press. Num Pages: 498 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Social experiments provide the most reliable guide to potential impacts of policy change because their methodology allows analysts to isolate the effect of the policy change from other, potentially distorting factors. This revised and updated edition of the Digest of Social Experiments documents 240 completed and 21 ongoing social experiments. In addition to the findings, each summary details target populations, policies tested, experimental designs and related issues, sites, key staff, sources of further information, and public access to the data. The authors also discuss the theory and practice of social experimentation, the reasons for conducting social experiments, the ethical issues, ... Read more
Social experiments provide the most reliable guide to potential impacts of policy change because their methodology allows analysts to isolate the effect of the policy change from other, potentially distorting factors. This revised and updated edition of the Digest of Social Experiments documents 240 completed and 21 ongoing social experiments. In addition to the findings, each summary details target populations, policies tested, experimental designs and related issues, sites, key staff, sources of further information, and public access to the data. The authors also discuss the theory and practice of social experimentation, the reasons for conducting social experiments, the ethical issues, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Urban Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
498
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780877667223
SKU
V9780877667223
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