The use of quasi-experiments in the social sciences: a content analysis

被引：13

作者：

Aussems, Marie-Claire E. ^{[1
]}

Boomsma, Anne ^{[2
]}

Snijders, Tom A. B. ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Social Sci, Dept Social Res Methodol, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands

[2] Univ Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

[3] Univ Oxford, Oxford, England

来源：

QUALITY & QUANTITY | 2011年 / 45卷 / 01期

关键词：

Quasi-experiments; Social science; Selection bias; Research designs; Content analysis; BIAS;

D O I：

10.1007/s11135-009-9281-4

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

This article examines the use of various research designs in the social sciences as well as the choices that are made when a quasi-experimental design is used. A content analysis was carried out on articles published in 18 social science journals with various impact factors. The presence of quasi-experimental studies was investigated as well as choices in the design and analysis stage. It was found that quasi-experimental designs are not very often used in the inspected journals, and when they are applied they are not very well designed and analyzed. These findings suggest that the literature on how to deal with selection bias has not yet found its way to the practice of the applied researcher.

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页码：21 / 42

页数：22

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