Experimentation in Sociology

In Catherine Allamel-Raffin, Jean-Luc Gangloff & Yves Gingras (eds.), Experimentation in the Sciences: Comparative and Long-Term Historical Research on Experimental Practice. Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 63-74 (2024)
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This chapter looks at the forms of experimental reasoning in sociology. While sociology is often described as a non-experimental discipline, a literature survey shows that all forms of experimentation are practiced: indirect experimentation, quasi-experimentation, controlled experimentation, laboratory experimentation. This review also highlights a frequent misconception of experimental science, which is supposed to produce definitive results, when in fact it is a constant process of revision, in which each experimentation calls for new research to answer the questions left unanswered. Finally, this perspective informs the question of the unity of the sciences: it appears that the obstacles standing in the way of experimental sociology are no different in nature from those faced by other disciplines.

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