Experimental Political Science: Principles and Practices [Hardcover]

An exploration of core problems in experimental research on voting behaviour and political institutions, ranging from design and data analysis to inferences with respect to constructs, constituencies and causal claims. The focus of is on the implementation of principles in experimental political science and the reflection of actual practices.Introduction: Experimental Political Science in Perspective; B.Kittel & R.B.Morton PART I: OVERVIEW Voting Behaviour and Political Institutions: An Overview of Challenging Questions in Theory and in Experimental Research; B.Kittel & K.Marcinkiewicz Laboratory Tests of Formal Theory and Behavioral Inferences; J.Woon Voting Mechanism Design: Modeling Institutionsin Experiments; J.Gro?er PART II: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS Strategic Voting in the Laboratory; N.Sauger , A.Blais , J-F Laslier & K.van der Straeten Survey Experiments: Partisan Cues in Multiparty Systems; T.A.Brader & J.A.Tucker Experimental 'Triangulation': Varying Designs, Converging Results; M.F.Meffert & T.Gschwend PART III: EXPLORING AND ANALYZING EXPERIMENTAL DATA Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data; S.Shikano , T.Br?uninger & M.Stoffel Experimental Chats: Opening the Black Box of Group Experiments; T.Kalwitzki , B.Kittel & W.J.Luhan PART IV: CHALLENGES TO INFERENCES FROM EXPERIMENTS On the Validity of Laboratory Research in the Political and Social Sciences; H.Rauhut & F.Winter Gathering Counter-Factual Evidence: An Experimental Study on Voters' Responses to Pre-Electoral Coalitions; M.Hooghe , S.Marien & T.Gschwend Using Time in the Laboratory; R.B.Morton PART V: CONCLUSION Conclusion: Ways Ahead in Experimental Political Science; B.Kittel & W.J.Luhan Appendix: Resources for Experimental Research in the Social Sciences; J.Keller , B.Kittel & W.J.Luhan

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