Counterfactuals and causal inference : methods and principles for social research / Stephen L. Morgan and Christopher Winship.
2007
H62 .M646 2007
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Title
Counterfactuals and causal inference : methods and principles for social research / Stephen L. Morgan and Christopher Winship.
ISBN
9780511350122 (electronic bk.)
0511350120 (electronic bk.)
0511349262
9780511349263
9780511804564 (electronic bk.)
0511804563 (electronic bk.)
9780511348297 (electronic bk.)
0511348290 (electronic bk.)
9780521856157
0521856159
9780521671934
0521671930
0511350120 (electronic bk.)
0511349262
9780511349263
9780511804564 (electronic bk.)
0511804563 (electronic bk.)
9780511348297 (electronic bk.)
0511348290 (electronic bk.)
9780521856157
0521856159
9780521671934
0521671930
Imprint
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
H62 .M646 2007
System Control No.
(OCoLC)667100242
Summary
"In this book, the counterfactual model of causality for observational data analysis is presented, and methods for causal effect estimation are demonstrated using examples from sociology, political science, and economics."--Jacket
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-316) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Part I. Counterfactual Causality and Empirical Research in the Social Sciences
1. Introduction
2. The counterfactual model; Part II. Estimating Causal Effects by Conditioning
3. Causal graphs, identification, and models of causal exposure
4. Matching estimators of causal effects
5. Regression estimators of causal effects
Part III. Estimating Causal Effects When Simple Conditioning is Ineffective
6. Identification in the absence of a complete model of causal exposure
7. Natural experiments and instrumental variables
8. Mechanisms and causal explanation
9. Repeated observations and the estimation of causal effects
Part IV. Conclusions
10. Counterfactual causality and future empirical research in the social sciences.
1. Introduction
2. The counterfactual model; Part II. Estimating Causal Effects by Conditioning
3. Causal graphs, identification, and models of causal exposure
4. Matching estimators of causal effects
5. Regression estimators of causal effects
Part III. Estimating Causal Effects When Simple Conditioning is Ineffective
6. Identification in the absence of a complete model of causal exposure
7. Natural experiments and instrumental variables
8. Mechanisms and causal explanation
9. Repeated observations and the estimation of causal effects
Part IV. Conclusions
10. Counterfactual causality and future empirical research in the social sciences.
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Series
Analytical methods for social research.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Morgan, Stephen L. (Stephen Lawrence), 1971- Counterfactuals and causal inference. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
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