Abstraction and Detail in Experimental Design
Ryan Brutger; Joshua D. Kertzer; Jonathan Renshon; Dustin Tingley; Chagai Weiss · 2022 · American Journal of Political Science
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Abstract (excerpt)
Abstract Political scientists designing experiments often face the question of how abstract or detailed their experimental stimuli should be. Typically, this question is framed in terms of trade‐offs relating to experimental control and…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1111/ajps.12710