Counterfactuals and Casual Inference : Method and Principles for Social Research

Stephen L Morgan and Christopher Winship

ISBN 10: 0521671930 / ISBN 13: 9780521671934

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Beschreibung

Book condition is Very good. Soft cover. No dust jacket. Published in 2010, 7th printing. Text body clean. Book boards clean front and back except mark on front right middle like a pen has engraved in Book. Book block clean all sides. Spine intact. Overall a great and neat copy. See photos for synopsis and more information.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Counterfactuals and Casual Inference : Method and Principles for Social Research
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521671930
• ISBN-13: 9780521671934
• Einband: Soft cover
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Dust Jacket Included

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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.

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.