Counterfactuals and Causal Inference Paperback: Methods and Principles for Social Research (Analytical Methods for Social Research) - Softcover

Morgan; Winship

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521671930 ISBN 13: 9780521671934

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

In this book, the essential features of the counterfactual model of causality for observational data analysis are presented with examples from sociology, political science, and economics. The importance of causal effect heterogeneity is stressed throughout the book and the need for deep causal explanation via mechanisms is discussed.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Stephen L. Morgan is Associate Professor of Sociology and the current Director of the Center for the Study of Inequality at Cornell University. His previous publications include On the Edge of Commitment: Educational Attainment and Race in the United States (2005).

Christopher Winship is Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. For the past twelve years he has served as editor of Sociological Methods and Research. He has published widely in a variety of journals and edited volumes.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0521671930
• ISBN 13: 9780521671934
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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