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Navigating “Insider” and “Outsider” Status as Researchers Conducting Field Experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2022

Eunji Kim Open the ORCID record for Eunji Kim [Opens in a new window] ,
Sumitra Badrinathan Open the ORCID record for Sumitra Badrinathan [Opens in a new window] ,
Donghyun Danny Choi Open the ORCID record for Donghyun Danny Choi [Opens in a new window] ,
Sabrina Karim Open the ORCID record for Sabrina Karim [Opens in a new window]  and
Yang-Yang Zhou Open the ORCID record for Yang-Yang Zhou [Opens in a new window]
Eunji Kim
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, USA
Sumitra Badrinathan
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, UK
Donghyun Danny Choi
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Sabrina Karim
Affiliation:
Cornell University, USA
Yang-Yang Zhou
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Canada
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Field Experiments: Thinking Through Identity and Positionality
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 55 , Issue 4 , October 2022 , pp. 754 - 758
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