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Experimental practices and objectivity in the social sciences: re-embedding construct validity in the internal–external validity distinction.

The experimental revolution in the social sciences is one of the most significant methodological shifts undergone by the field since the 'quantitative revolution' in the nineteenth century. One of the often valued features of social science experimentation is precisely the fact that there are (alleg...

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Published in:Synthese Vol. 199; no. 3/4; pp. 9549 - 9580
Main Authors: Jiménez-Buedo, María, Russo, Federica
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Dec2021
Subjects:
Test validity
Social revolution
Objectivity
Scientific method
Nineteenth century
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