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 techn
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Stephen L. Morgan Editor
Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research
Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research
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Stephen L. Morgan Editor
Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research
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Editor Stephen L. Morgan Department of Sociology Cornell University Ithaca USA
ISSN 1389-6903 ISBN 978-94-007-6093-6 ISBN 978-94-007-6094-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6094-3 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013934708 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the adv
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