Stylized Facts and Experimentation

• Published in: Sociological science Vol. 3; no. 39; pp. 910 - 914
• Main Authors: Crabtree, Charles, Fariss, Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Stanford Society for Sociological Science 12.10.2016
• Subjects: Causation; Experimental psychology; Experimentation; Mechanisms; Philosophy of Science; Sociology; Stylized Facts; Validity

In this comment, we clarify and extend Hirschman's (2016) discussion of "stylized facts." Our focus is on the relationship between stylized facts and experimentation. Given the continued increase in experimentation across the social sciences, we think that it is important to consider...