The Logic of Causal Order: 55 (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) - Tapa blanda

Libro 42 de 194: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences

Davis, James A.

 
9780803925533: The Logic of Causal Order: 55 (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)
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ISBN 10: 0803925530 ISBN 13: 9780803925533
Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1985

Sinopsis

Social scientists routinely draw conclusions about cause and effect from their data. This book spells out the pre-statistical assumptions of multivariate research and explains in nonmathematical terms: the concepts of causal direction and system order; direct, indirect, and spurious statistical effects; signs and the sign rule; rules for introducing control variables, elaboration and explanation, "effects analysis," and path analysis. The book is not statistical in the sense of developing specific statistical tools. Rather, it explains the prestatistical assumptions required, whatever the technique. The importance of substantive knowledge about the "real world" is stressed, and the myth that causal problems can be solved by statistical calculations alone is repeatedly challenged.

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Professor of mathematics

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Editorial
SAGE Publications, Inc
Año de publicación
1985
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0803925530
ISBN 13 
9780803925533
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
72
Contacto del fabricante
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