Nuffield CESS/Essex Experimental Summer School
Date:
26/06/2017 - 07/07/2017
Organised by:
Nuffield Centre for Experimental Social Sciences, University of Oxford
Presenter:
Raymond Duch
Official Fellow of Nuffield College and Director of CESS
Research interests: Comparative political economy, political behaviour, methods
John Jensenius
Researcher and Assistant to the Director of CESS
Research interests: Experimental social science, behavioural economics, public economics, industrial organisation
Luke Keele
Associate Professor, Georgetown University.
Research interests: Causal Inference, Program Evaluation, Experiments, Natural Experiments, Nonparametric and Semiparametric Statistics, Matching, and Sensitivity Analysis
Sonke Ehret
Research Officer at CESS, Nuffield College
Research interests: Political Economy, Formal Modeling
Sharon Barnhardt
Director of CESS Nuffield-FLAME University
Research interests: Urban Development and Rural Health
Level:
Intermediate (some prior knowledge)
Contact:
Felipe Torres
cess@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
Description:
The course covers the design, implementation, and analytic tools necessary for conducting social science experiments. In the �rst week, the focus will be on laboratory experiments. After an introduction in experimental designs and a review of recent topics in experimental social sciences, the reminder of the �rst week will be hands-on lab experiments. Participants will learn how to program experiments with z-Tree, work with the subject recruitment software, analyse experimental data and be able to run a lab experiment at the Nuffield Centre for Experimental Social Sciences. In the �rst half of the second week, the course will cover �eld and online experiments. Moreover, in two-afternoon sessions, participants will have the opportunity to present their own experimental research and receive feedback from an experienced team of instructors. The remainder of the second week will cover topics of causal inference and experimental approaches to data analysis. Upon completion of the course participants should be able to (1) formulate Research questions that can be addressed using experiments, (2) design and carry out experiments, and (3) analyse and interpret results from social sciences experiments.
The course is appropriate for participants from any discipline who expect to include experimental social research as part of their research agenda. It is also appropriate for participants who want to become informed consumers of experimental research scholarship.
Cost:
£1000 academic rate
£1300 non-academic rate
Website and registration:
https://cess-nuffield.nuff.ox.ac.uk/
Region:
South East
Keywords:
Experimental design, Laboratory studies, Randomized Control Trials (RCT), R, Experimental Research, Laboratory Experiments, Online Experiments, Field Experiments.
Related publications and presentations:
Experimental design
Laboratory studies
Randomized Control Trials (RCT)
R