The experimental revolution in the social sciences is one of the most significant methodological shifts undergone by the field since the ‘quantitative revolution’ in the 19th century. One of the often valued features of social science experimentation is precisely the fact that there are (alleged) clear methodological rules regarding hypothesis testing that come from the methods of the natural sciences and from the methodology of RCTs in the biomedical sciences, and that allow for the adjudication among contentious causal claims. We examine critically this claim and argue that some current understandings of the practices that surround social science experimentation overestimate the degree to which experiments can actually fulfil this role as...
In Persson & Wallin (2012) we show that the common claim that internal validity should be understood...
Why internal and external validity of experimental studies are relevant for clinical practice
We agree that external validity of social psychological experiments is a concern, we disagree these ...
The article identifies a latent debate in the recent literature on the role and worth of experiments...
Researchers often aim to make correct inferences both about that which is actually studied (internal...
Over the last few decades, experimental research has gained recognition in political science for ena...
Much of the methodological discussion around experiments in economics and other social sciences is f...
Much of the methodological discussion around experiments in economics and other social sciences is f...
[Abstract: We show that the common claim that internal validity should be understood as prior to ext...
The experimental revolution in the social sciences is one of the most significant methodological shi...
Confusion a bout the meaning of validity in quasi-experimental research can be addressed by ca4-eful...
We show that the common claim that internal validity should be understood as prior to external vali...
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Philosophers have debated at length the epistemological status of scientific thought experiments. I ...
The concepts of internal and external validity, developed by Norman Campbell, are widely used to str...
In Persson & Wallin (2012) we show that the common claim that internal validity should be understood...
Why internal and external validity of experimental studies are relevant for clinical practice
We agree that external validity of social psychological experiments is a concern, we disagree these ...
The article identifies a latent debate in the recent literature on the role and worth of experiments...
Researchers often aim to make correct inferences both about that which is actually studied (internal...
Over the last few decades, experimental research has gained recognition in political science for ena...
Much of the methodological discussion around experiments in economics and other social sciences is f...
Much of the methodological discussion around experiments in economics and other social sciences is f...
[Abstract: We show that the common claim that internal validity should be understood as prior to ext...
The experimental revolution in the social sciences is one of the most significant methodological shi...
Confusion a bout the meaning of validity in quasi-experimental research can be addressed by ca4-eful...
We show that the common claim that internal validity should be understood as prior to external vali...
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68477/2/10.1177_014616727400100102.pd
Philosophers have debated at length the epistemological status of scientific thought experiments. I ...
The concepts of internal and external validity, developed by Norman Campbell, are widely used to str...
In Persson & Wallin (2012) we show that the common claim that internal validity should be understood...
Why internal and external validity of experimental studies are relevant for clinical practice
We agree that external validity of social psychological experiments is a concern, we disagree these ...