Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research
What constitutes a causal explanation, and must an explanation be causal?�What warrants a causal inference, as opposed to a descriptive regularity?�What techniques are available to detect when causal effects are present, and when can these techniques be used to identify the relative importance of th...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Series: | Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6094-3 |
| Summary: | What constitutes a causal explanation, and must an explanation be causal?�What warrants a causal inference, as opposed to a descriptive regularity?�What techniques are available to detect when causal effects are present, and when can these techniques be used to identify the relative importance of these effects?�What complications do the interactions of individuals create for these techniques?�When can mixed methods of analysis be used to deepen causal accounts?�Must causal claims include generative mechanisms, and how effective are empirical methods designed to discover them?�The Handbook of Causal Anlaysis for Social Research tackles these questions with nineteen chapters from leading scholars in sociology, statistics, public health, computer science, and human development.�� |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 424 p. 63 illus. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9789400760943 |
| ISSN: | 1389-6903 |