Social Experimentation

The annual Campbell Prizes, which honor the memory of distinguished social scientist Donald T. Campbell, recognize outstanding social science research conducted by Lehigh students.                                                                                                                                                                      Donald T. Campbell passed away on May 6, 1996, leaving a legacy of high standards for social science inquiry to Lehigh University and the national and international social science community.He was University Professor of Social Relations, Psychology, and Education at Lehigh University until he retired in 1994. Campbell received his A.B. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, and he held teaching positions at Northwestern University, Syracuse University, University of Chicago, and Ohio State University. During his career, he also lectured at Oxford, Harvard, and Yale Universities.He served as president of the American Psychological Association and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Campbell received numerous honorary degrees and awards. He wrote more than 235 articles in the areas of social psychology, sociology, anthropology, education, and philosophy, covering a broad scope of topics from social science methodology to philosophy of science.The Campbell Prize honors this aspiration for excellence. The prize of $500 is awarded for social science papers of high quality, methodological originality, and societal significance, as embodied in the work of the late Donald T. Campbell.Donald Campbell and his remarkable career earned a New York Times obituary and a Lehigh University faculty memorial resolution.

• PART ONE: THE CONCEPT OF AN EXPERIMENTING SOCIETYOverview of Chapter 1The Experimenting SocietyOverview of Chapter 2Pleasure/Pain Relativism and Planning the Good SocietyPART TWO: THREATS TO THE VALIDITY OF SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS AND HOW THEY CAN BE CONTROLLEDOverview of Chapter 3An Inventory of Threats to Validity and Alternative Designs To Control ThemOverview of Chapter 4Relabeling Internal and External ValidityPART THREE: THEORY OF SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATIONOverview of Chapter 5Legacies of Logical Positivism and BeyondOverview of Chapter 6On The Rhetorical Use of Reports of ExperimentsOverview of Chapter 7Sociological EpistemologyOverview of Chapter 8Sociology of Scientific ValidityOverview of Chapter 9Sociology of Applied Scientific ValidityOverview of Chapter 10"Social Construction" Is Compatible with "Validity" in SciencePART FOUR: DESIGNS AND TECHNICAL ISSUESOverview of Chapter 11Regression Artifacts in Time SeriesOverview of Chapter 12Regression Artifacts in Repeated Cross-Sectional MeasuresOverview of Chapter 13The Regression Discontinuity DesignOverview of Chapter 14Design for Community-Based Demonstration ProjectsOverview of Chapter 15Treatment-Effect CorrelationsOverview of Chapter 16The Case Control Method as a Quasi-Experimental Design