Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference

(Author), Thomas D. Cook (Author), Donald T. Campbell (Author)

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"...I received my book yesterday...thank you so much! I used the 1979 version a lot in my PhD program and am eagerly re-reading it. It's a great experimental design book and is excellent for explaining validity issues to students!"

"...I received my book yesterday...thank you so much! I used the 1979 version a lot in my PhD program and am eagerly re-reading it. It's a great experimental design book and is excellent for explaining validity issues to students!" -- Review

Product Description

This long awaited successor of the original Cook/Campbell Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings represents updates in the field over the last two decades. The book covers four major topics in field experimentation:

• Theoretical matters: Experimentation, causation, and validity;
• Quasi-experimental design: Regression discontinuity designs, interrupted time series designs, quasi-experimental designs that use both pretests and control groups, and other designs.
• Randomized experiments: Logic and design issues, and practical problems involving ethics, recruitment, assignment, treatment implementation, and attrition.
• Generalized causal inference: A grounded theory of generalized causal inference, along with methods for implementing that theory in single and multiple studies.
• The final chapter critically reflects on the assumptions and key issues covered in the previous four sections.

The emphasis on the generalized causal inferences is a significant extension of the work done in previous volumes; and the addition of theoretical and practical chapters on randomized experiments will be of great use to researchers who use randomization in their research practice. At the same time, this book retains and expands the emphasis on quasi-experimentation that was the hallmark of Cook and Campbell; and it retains Campbell's classic theoretical and conceptual approach to experimentation that has been so successful over the last 35 years.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 2 edition (January 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395615569
• ISBN-13: 978-0395615560
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #19,963 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must-have for anyone interested in expertimental design., February 1, 2003

By	Sisreview (USA) - See all my reviews

This book is comprehensive and incredibly useful. Anyone who is interested in designing or interpreting an experiment or a quasi-experiment in the social and behavioral sciences would benefit greatly by reading it.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for doctoral students, February 6, 2007

By	V. Vasireddy "Passion in Life" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a doctoral student in public health and recommend this book to my fellow doctoral students out there. It is a thorough and comprehensive text on research methods. I have gone through quite a few texts with similar titles and this stands out as the best.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, May 26, 2007

By	Mr. Dubard Barbosa Saulo - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great book for those who are willing to discover or improve their knowledge about experimental and quasi-experimental designs - it is an essential book, I'd say. It also helps a lot to understand research and science in general. Really helped me in my dissertation.