Was there really a Hawthorne effect at the Hawthorne plant¶
Levitt, S. D., & List, J. A. (2011). Was there really a Hawthorne effect at the Hawthorne plant. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 3(1), 224-238.
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- Measurement and Disturbance
- The art of social-science measurement is not to eliminate the disturbance (impossible) but to design studies that acknowledge it, as Levitt and List (2011) reaffirm even after their reanalysis of the original Hawthorne illumination data exposed exaggerations in the canonical narrative.
This sourceModern reanalysis of the original Hawthorne illumination data; exposes overstatements in canonical accounts while confirming that measurement-apparatus coupling produces real, if more subtle, behavioral disturbance in study participants.
- The art of social-science measurement is not to eliminate the disturbance (impossible) but to design studies that acknowledge it, as Levitt and List (2011) reaffirm even after their reanalysis of the original Hawthorne illumination data exposed exaggerations in the canonical narrative.
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