Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A New Era of Experimental Political Science
- Part I Experimental Designs
- 2 Conjoint Survey Experiments
- 3 Audit Studies in Political Science
- 4 Field Experiments with Survey Outcomes
- 5 How to Tame Lab-in-the-Field Experiments
- 6 Natural Experiments
- 7 Virtual Consent: The Bronze Standard for Experimental Ethics
- Part II Experimental Data
- Part III Experimental Treatments and Measures
- Part IV Experimental Analys is and Presentation
- Part V Experimental Reliability and Generalizability
- Part VI Using Experiments to study Identity
- Part VII Using Experiments to Study Government Actions
- Author Index
- Subject Index
3 - Audit Studies in Political Science
from Part I - Experimental Designs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A New Era of Experimental Political Science
- Part I Experimental Designs
- 2 Conjoint Survey Experiments
- 3 Audit Studies in Political Science
- 4 Field Experiments with Survey Outcomes
- 5 How to Tame Lab-in-the-Field Experiments
- 6 Natural Experiments
- 7 Virtual Consent: The Bronze Standard for Experimental Ethics
- Part II Experimental Data
- Part III Experimental Treatments and Measures
- Part IV Experimental Analys is and Presentation
- Part V Experimental Reliability and Generalizability
- Part VI Using Experiments to study Identity
- Part VII Using Experiments to Study Government Actions
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Audit studies typically involve researchers sending a message to or making a request of some sample in order to unobtrusively measure subjects’ behaviors. These studies are often conducted as a way of measuring bias or discrimination. We introduce readers to audit studies, describe their basic design features, and then provide advice on effectively implementing these studies. In particular, we provide several suggestions aimed at improving the internal, ecological, and external validity of audit study findings.
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- Advances in Experimental Political Science , pp. 42 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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