Counterfactuals and Causal Inference: Methods and Principles for Social Research (Analytical Methods for Social Research)

Morgan, Stephen L.

ISBN 10: 0521671930 / ISBN 13: 9780521671934

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Counterfactuals and Causal Inference: Methods and Principles for Social Research (Analytical Methods for Social Research)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521671930
• ISBN 13: 9780521671934
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The essential features of the counterfactual model of causality for observational data analysis are presented with examples.

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.