Alex Rees-Jones – författare

This Handbook is a comprehensive and accessible guide to experimental methodology and practice. Leading researchers present their expertise, detailing common experimental techniques and providing guidance on how to overcome the many obstacles that experimentalists encounter.Collating scholarship from across the social sciences but with a particular focus on economics, the Handbook presents a constructive and critical view on experimentation. Chapters include broad guides on how to approach experimentation as well as more targeted guides on how to conduct experiments tailored for commonly studied behaviors including risk taking or discrimination. Chapters also detail the necessary procedures for special or unusual populations and settings, including experiments involving children or experiments involving social media. Ultimately, this Handbook presents easy-to-follow guidance for conducting high-quality and replicable research.Essential for both the first-time experimenter who needs a guide and the seasoned researcher who needs a reference, this Handbook is a must-read resource for students and scholars of social science aiming to learn about the world through experiments.