Counterfactuals and Casual Inference : Method and Principles for Social Research

Stephen L Morgan and Christopher Winship

ISBN 10: 0521671930 / ISBN 13: 9780521671934

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2010

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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. Seller Inventory # ABE-1691850683560

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Title: Counterfactuals and Casual Inference : ...

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis:

Did mandatory busing programs in the 1970s increase the school achievement of disadvantaged minority youth? Does obtaining a college degree increase an individual's labor market earnings? Did the use of the butterfly ballot in some Florida counties in the 2000 presidential election cost Al Gore votes? If so, was the number of miscast votes sufficiently large to have altered the election outcome? At their core, these types of questions are simple cause-and-effect questions. Simple cause-and-effect questions are the motivation for much empirical work in the social sciences. This book presents a model and set of methods for causal effect estimation that social scientists can use to address causal questions such as these. The essential features of the counterfactual model of causality for observational data analysis are presented with examples from sociology, political science, and economics.

About the Authors:

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.