Abstraction in survey experiments : testing the tradeoffs / Ryan Brutger, Joshua D. Kertzer, Jonathan Renshon, & Chagai M. Weiss.
Material type: TextSeries: Elements in Experimental Political SciencePublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022Edition: First EditionDescription: i87pages illISBN: 9781108995597Subject(s): Political science | Political science | Political scienceDDC classification: 320.01 Summary: "Experimentalists in political science often face a question about how abstract or concrete their experimental stimuli ought to be. Should they use real country (or candidate) names and include rich detail that greatly expands the length of their vignettes, or should they avoid the use of real names and embed their treatments in stark, abstract vignettes that highlight only the most necessary components of the experiment? Should they introduce their scenarios by describing them as hypothetical, or perhaps use deception and describe them as "real?" What, if any, are the consequences to these choices and should experimentalists weigh their options differently depending on what their goals are in a given study?"--Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"Experimentalists in political science often face a question about how abstract or concrete their experimental stimuli ought to be. Should they use real country (or candidate) names and include rich detail that greatly expands the length of their vignettes, or should they avoid the use of real names and embed their treatments in stark, abstract vignettes that highlight only the most necessary components of the experiment? Should they introduce their scenarios by describing them as hypothetical, or perhaps use deception and describe them as "real?" What, if any, are the consequences to these choices and should experimentalists weigh their options differently depending on what their goals are in a given study?"--
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