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Quasi-Experimental Methods

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Episode Description

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Karen Nokes (UCL) about quasi-experimental methods beyond the lab and how they can be used in socio-legal research. Follow this link to listen to the podcast on Spotify. 

Readings recommended by Karen Nokes

Wang, S., Gao, Y., Hodgkinson, G.P. et al. (2015). Opening the Black Box of CSR Decision Making: A Policy-Capturing Study of Charitable Donation Decisions in China. J Bus Ethics 128, 665–683.

Tomassetti, A. J., Dalal, R. S., & Kaplan, S. A. (2016). Is Policy Capturing Really More Resistant Than Traditional Self-Report Techniques to Socially Desirable Responding? Organizational Research Methods, 19(2), 255-285.

Aguinis, H., & Bradley, K. J. (2014). Best Practice Recommendations for Designing and Implementing Experimental Vignette Methodology Studies. Organizational Research Methods, 17(4), 351-371.

Nokes, K., & Hodgkinson, G. P. (2018). Policy-capturing: An ingenious technique for exploring the cognitive bases of work-related decisions. In R. Galavan, K. J. Sund, & G. P. Hodgkinson (Eds.), Methodological Challenges and Advances in Managerial and Organization Cognition (pp. 95–121). (New Horizons in Managerial and Organizational Cognition; Vol. 2). Emerald Publishing Limited.

About the Speaker

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Karen Nokes

Karen joined UCL Faculty of Laws in 2021 having completed a PhD in Business and Management (University of Manchester). She is currently a grant holder (Co-I) from the ESRC working on the Post Office Scandal with Professor Richard Moorhead (PI) and Dr Rebecca Helm (Co-I) from the University of Exeter.

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