Advances in Experimental Political Science

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Experimental political science has changed. In two short decades, it evolved from an emergent method to an accepted method to a primary method. The challenge now is to ensure that experimentalists design sound studies and implement them in ways that illuminate cause and effect. Ethical boundaries must also be respected, results interpreted in a transparent manner, and data and ... Experimental political science has changed. In two short decades, it evolved from an emergent method to an accepted method to a primary method. The challenge now is to ensure that experimentalists design sound studies and implement them in ways that illuminate cause and effect. Ethical boundaries must also be respected, results interpreted in a transparent manner, and data and research materials must be shared to ensure others can build on what has been learned. This book explores the application of new designs; the introduction of novel data sources, measurement approaches, and statistical methods; the use of experiments in more substantive domains; and discipline-wide discussions about the robustness, generalizability, and ethics of experiments in political science. By exploring these novel opportunities while also highlighting the concomitant challenges, this volume enables scholars and practitioners to conduct high-quality experiments that will make key contributions to knowledge. Contents Tables Figures Boxes Contributors Acknowledgments 1.A New Era of Experimental Political Science Part 1: 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 2: Experimental Data 8.Experiments, Political Elites, and Political Institutions 9.Convenience Samples in Political Science Experiments 10.Experiments Using Social Media Data 11.How to Form Organizational Partnerships to Run Experiments Part 3: Experimental Treatments and Measures 12.Improving Experimental Treatments in Political Science 13.Beyond Attitudes: Incorporating Measures of Behavior in Survey Experiments Part 4: Experimental Analysis and Presentation 14. Advances in Experimental Mediation Analysis 15.Subgroup Analysis: Pitfalls, Promise, and Honesty 16.Spillover Effects in Experimental Data 17.Visualize as You Randomize: Design-Based Statistical Graphs for Randomized Experiments Part 5 Experimental Reliability and Generalizability 18.Transparency in Experimenta lResearch 19.Threats to the Scientific Credibilityof Experiments: Publication Bias and P-Hacking 20.What Can Multi-Method Research Add to Experiments? 21.Generalizing Experimental Results 22.Conducting Experiments in Multiple Contexts Part 6: Using Experiments to Study Identity 23.Identity Experiments: Design Challenges and Opportunities for Studying Race and Ethnic Politics 24.The Evolution of Experiments on Racial Priming 25.The Evolution of Experiments on Gender in Elections 26.Gender Experiments in Comparative Politics Part 7: Using Experiments to Study Government Actions 27.Experiments on and with Street-Level Bureaucrats 28.The State of Experimental Research on Corruption Control 29.Experiments on Political Activity Governments Want to Keep Hidden 30.Experiments in Post-Conflict Contexts 31.Experiments on Problems of Climate Change 32.A Constant Obsession with Explanation Author Index Subject Index