Experimental and longitudinal designs are rare in quantitative radicalization research.
Evidence
The 45 selected articles in this review contained 75 eligible studies. While all included studies relied on quantitative analyses, four employed a mixed-method approach, such that data derived through interviews, news articles, and case files were first coded and then statistically analyzed. Twelve studies made use of an experimental research design, three of a longitudinal design, and two studies were interventional. — Lea Echelmeyer, Anne-Marie Slotboom, and Frank Weerman, The Putative Effect of Identity on…, 48
Categorization
- QUESTION: With 56 of 75 studies cross-sectional surveys and only 3 longitudinal, causal claims about identity predicting radicalization rest on weak temporal evidence.
- XREF: connects to: The thesis remains untested despite available experimental designs; A matched-pair experimental design can isolate moral principles from ingroup bias. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1519
Related
- Despite theory treating radicalization as a process, most quantitative studies are cross-sectional (similarity 0.88)
- The radicalization literature overwhelmingly measures attitudes and intentions rather than actual violent behavior. (similarity 0.81)
- Personal-developmental identity processes remain nearly untested in quantitative radicalization research (similarity 0.81)
- Lea Echelmeyer, Anne-Marie Slotboom, and Frank Weerman — The Putative Effect of Identity on Extremist Radicalization A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies (similarity 0.80)
- A matched-pair experimental design can isolate moral principles from ingroup bias. (similarity 0.78)
- Only four of the 75 studies drew representative samples. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- The thesis remains untested despite available experimental designs
#expands(0.85) - A matched-pair experimental design can isolate moral principles from ingroup bias.
#exemplifies(0.80) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1519