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
5 - How to Tame Lab-in-the-Field Experiments
from Part I - Experimental Designs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021
- 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
In this Chapter, we define, categorize and describe how Lab-in-the-Field experiments answer questions that concern specific subject populations or particular contexts, concentrating on economics-style experiments in particular. We discuss how to identify questions that require Lab-in-the-Field methods. We then explain how to develop a Lab-in-the-Field experiment highlighting key features of lab and field experiments, and outline the proper usage of pilots in the lab before moving to the field. We next discuss the main dimensions for implementing Lab-in-the-Field experiments: recruitment, research assistants, literacy of the population, payoffs, community involvement, debriefings, longitudinal surveys, power estimations, etc. We classify studies based on these dimensions. Lastly, we note that the research question should be the most important component driving the choice of subject population.
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- Advances in Experimental Political Science , pp. 79 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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