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Experimental Political Science

Principles and Practices

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Bernhard Kittel

    1. University of Vienna, Austria

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  2. Wolfgang J. Luhan

    1. Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

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  3. Rebecca B. Morton

    1. New York University, USA

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Part of the book series: ECPR Research Methods (REMES)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Experimental Political Science in Perspective

    1. Introduction: Experimental Political Science in Perspective

      • Bernhard Kittel, Rebecca B. Morton
      Pages 1-14

  4. Experimental Designs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-94
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    2. Strategic Voting in the Laboratory

      • Nicolas Sauger, André Blais, Jean-François Laslier, Karine van der Straeten
      Pages 95-111

    3. Survey Experiments: Partisan Cues in Multi-party Systems

      • Ted A. Brader, Joshua A. Tucker
      Pages 112-139

    4. Experimental Triangulation of Coalition Signals: Varying Designs, Converging Results

      • Michael F. Meffert, Thomas Gschwend
      Pages 140-160

  5. Exploring and Analyzing Experimental Data

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-162
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    2. Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data

      • Susumu Shikano, Thomas Bräuninger, Michael Stoffel
      Pages 163-177

    3. Experimental Chats: Opening the Black Box of Group Experiments

      • Thomas Kalwitzki, Wolfgang J. Luhan, Bernhard Kittel
      Pages 178-205

  6. Challenges to Inferences from Experiments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-208
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    2. On the Validity of Laboratory Research in the Political and Social Sciences: The Example of Crime and Punishment

      • Heiko Rauhut, Fabian Winter
      Pages 209-232

    3. Gathering Counter-Factual Evidence: An Experimental Study on Voters’ Responses to Pre-Electoral Coalitions

      • Marc Hooghe, Sofie Marien, Thomas Gschwend
      Pages 233-248

    4. Using Time in the Laboratory

      • Rebecca B. Morton
      Pages 249-260

  7. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-262
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    2. Conclusion: Ways Ahead in Experimental Political Science

      • Bernhard Kittel, Wolfgang J. Luhan
      Pages 263-274

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 275-278
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About this book

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.

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“This book review of ‘Experimental Political Science: Principles and Practices’ focuses on the methodological challenges faced by experimental political science. … For those who want to know what experimental political science is all about, for those who wonder about the methodological robustness of experimental results, for those who are still skeptical about the relevance of experimental knowledge, I strongly recommend the book.” (Antoinette Baujard, Social Choice and Welfare, Vol. 45, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Vienna, Austria

    Bernhard Kittel

  • Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    Wolfgang J. Luhan

  • New York University, USA

    Rebecca B. Morton

About the editors

ANDRÉ BLAIS Professor, Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal, Canada TED BRADER Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, USA THOMAS BRÄUNINGER Professor of Political Economy and Academic Director of the Graduate School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany THOMAS GSCHWEND Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany JENS GROßER Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Florida State University, USA MARC HOOGHE Professor of Political Science, University of Leuven, Belgium and Visiting Professor, Universities of Mannheim, Germany and Lille, France THOMAS KALWITZKI Junior Lecturer, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany JANA KELLER MA student in Social Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany JEAN-FRANÇOIS LASLIER Senior Member of the French National Center of Scientific Research KAMIL MARCINKIEWICZ Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Social Science Methodology, University of Oldenburg, Germany SOFIE MARIEN Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Foundation Flanders, (FWO)University of Leuven, Belgium MICHAEL F. MEFFERT Assistant Professor in Political Psychology and Political Communication, Department of Political Science, Leiden University, the Netherlands HEIKO RAUHUT Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology Zürich, Switzerland NICOLAS SAUGER Associate Research Professor, Centre d'études européennes, Sciences Po, Paris, France SUSUMU SHIKANO Professor of Political Methodology, University of Konstanz, Germany MICHAEL STOFFEL Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim, Germany KARINE VAN DER STRAETEN IDEI Researcher and member of the Toulouse School of Economics, France JOSHUA A. TUCKER Professor of Politics at New York University, USA FABIAN WINTER Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany JONATHAN WOON Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA

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