Social Experimentation. a Method for Planning and Evaluating Social Intervention

✍ Scribed by Henry W. Riecken and Robert F. Boruch (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Year: 1974
• Leaves: 341
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A Method for Planning and Evaluating Social Intervention

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
QUANTITATIVE STUDIES IN SOCIAL RELATIONS, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Pages ix-xi, Eleanor Bernert Sheldon
Preface, Pages xiii-xv, Henry W. Riecken, Robert F. Boruch
Acknowledgments, Pages xvii-xviii
I - Experimentation as a Method of Program Planning and Evaluation, Pages 1-12
II - Why and When to Experiment, Pages 13-39
III - Experimental Design and Analysis, Pages 41-85
IV - Quasi-Experimental Designs, Pages 87-116
V - Measurement in Experiments, Pages 117-151
VI - Execution and Management, Pages 153-201
VII - Institutional and Political Factors In Social Experimentation, Pages 203-243
VIII - Human Values and Social Experimentation, Pages 245-269
Epilogue, Pages 271-277
Introduction to Illustrative Controlled Experiments for Planning and Evaluating Social Programs, Pages 279,281
I - Experiments in Delinquency and Criminal Reform, Pages 282-290
II - Experimental Tests of Law-Related Programs and Procedures, Pages 291-295
III - Experimental Test of Rehabilitative Programs in Mental Health, Pages 296-300
IV - Experimental Assessment of Special Educational Programs, Pages 301-308
V - Sociomedical and Fertility Control Experiments, Pages 309-313
VI - Appraisals of the Effectiveness of Communication Methods, Pages 314-316
VII - Experimental Tests of Methods for Data Collection, Transmission, and Retrieval, Pages 317-319
VIII - Experiments in Research Utilization, Page 320
IX - Economic Experiments, Pages 321-323
References, Pages 325-330
Author Index, Pages 331-334
Subject Index, Pages 335-339