Laboratory experiments in the social sciences pt. 1. Introduction to the philosophy of experimentation. Why do experiments Murray Webster Jr. & Jane Sell Experiments and the science of sociology Henry A. Walker & David Willer Logical and philosophical foundations of experimental research in the social sciences Shane R. Thye The external validity of experiments that test theories Morris Zelditch Jr. Hypotheses operationalizations and manipulation checks Martha Foschi pt. 2. Designing and conducting experiments. Ethics and experiments Karen A. Hegtvedt Technological issues related to experiments Lisa Troyer Funding experiments writing proposals Murray Webster Jr. Developing your experiment Lisa Slattery Rashotte Human participants in laboratory experiments in the social sciences Will Kalkhoff ... [et al.] Training interviewers and experimenters Robert K. Shelly Common problems and solutions Kathy J. Kuipers & Stuart J. Hysom pt. 3. Experiments across the social sciences. Conducting applied experimental research James E. Driskell & Jennifer King The standardized experimental situation in expectation states research: notes on history uses and special features Joseph Berger Experiments on exchange relations and exchange networks in sociology Linda D. Molm Solving coordination problems experimentally Voting and agenda setting in political science and economics Rick K. Wilson Social dilemma experiments in sociology psychology political science and economics Jane Sell pt. 4. Experiments in the twenty first century. Experimental political science Rose McDermott Economic games for social scientists Catherine Eckel Laboratory experiments in sociology Morris Zelditch Jr