Increasingly, political scientists use the term'experiment'or'experimental'to describe their
empirical research. One of the primary reasons for doing so is the advantage of experiments
in establishing causal inferences. In this book, Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams
discuss in detail how experiments and experimental reasoning with observational data can
help researchers determine causality. They explore how control and random assignment
mechanisms work, examining both the Rubin causal model and the formal theory …

Laboratory experiments, survey experiments, and field experiments occupy a central and
growing place in the discipline of political science. The Cambridge Handbook of
Experimental Political Science is the first text to provide a comprehensive overview of how
experimental research is transforming the field. Some chapters explain and define core
concepts in experimental design and analysis. Other chapters provide an intellectual history
of the experimental movement. Throughout the book, leading scholars review …