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1 - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2024

Davide Barrera ,
Klarita Gërxhani ,
Bernhard Kittel ,
Luis Miller  and
Tobias Wolbring
Davide Barrera
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
Klarita Gërxhani
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Bernhard Kittel
Affiliation:
Universität Wien, Austria
Luis Miller
Affiliation:
Institute of Public Goods and Policies, Spanish National Research Council
Tobias Wolbring
Affiliation:
School of Business, Economics and Society at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
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Summary

In the introduction, the field of experimental sociology is outlined and the core concepts of manipulation and control, as well as two crucial conditions of control, are introduced. The random allocation of participants to the treatment and the control group ensures that exogenous factors are distributed equally across these groups, which allows to evaluate the effect of the manipulated condition. Incentivization helps operationalizing behavioral assumptions into the experimental condition. The chapter then briefly elaborates on the topics of the following chapters.

Keywords

ManipulationControlCeteris paribus clauseHeterogeneityRandomizationIncentivizationPrinciples of experimental research
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Experimental Sociology
Outline of a Scientific Field
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Introduction
  • Davide Barrera, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy, Klarita Gërxhani, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Bernhard Kittel, Universität Wien, Austria, Luis Miller, Institute of Public Goods and Policies, Spanish National Research Council, Tobias Wolbring, School of Business, Economics and Society at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Book: Experimental Sociology
  • Online publication: 23 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009099653.002
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  • Introduction
  • Davide Barrera, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy, Klarita Gërxhani, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Bernhard Kittel, Universität Wien, Austria, Luis Miller, Institute of Public Goods and Policies, Spanish National Research Council, Tobias Wolbring, School of Business, Economics and Society at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Book: Experimental Sociology
  • Online publication: 23 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009099653.002
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  • Introduction
  • Davide Barrera, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy, Klarita Gërxhani, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Bernhard Kittel, Universität Wien, Austria, Luis Miller, Institute of Public Goods and Policies, Spanish National Research Council, Tobias Wolbring, School of Business, Economics and Society at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Book: Experimental Sociology
  • Online publication: 23 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009099653.002
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