Social Experimentation
Some Whys and Hows
ResearchPublished 1980
Assembles lessons about the technology of social experimentation by drawing on experience at RAND, notably the authors' experience in designing and managing the Health Insurance Study. The report is in three parts. The first part discusses when to conduct a social experiment and when not to. The second part discusses the management of an experiment; it emphasizes the importance of the traditional managerial skills, in spite of the exaggerated mystique that the literature has assigned to the managers of unusual experiments. The third part is a compilation of several practical "tips" for the prospective experimenter.
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- Year: 1980
- Print Format: Paperback
- Paperback Pages: 46
- Paperback Price: $23.00
- Paperback ISBN/EAN: 978-0-8330-4201-9
- Document Number: R-2479-HEW
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Archibald, Rae W. and Joseph P. Newhouse, Social Experimentation: Some Whys and Hows, RAND Corporation, R-2479-HEW, 1980. As of September 12, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2479.html
Archibald, Rae W. and Joseph P. Newhouse, Social Experimentation: Some Whys and Hows. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1980. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2479.html. Also available in print form.
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