Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Morgan, Stephen L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Statistics.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

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 techniques be used to identify the relative importance of th...