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Natural experiments in the social sciences : a design-based approach / Thad Dunning.
- Title
- Natural experiments in the social sciences : a design-based approach / Thad Dunning.
- Author
- Dunning, Thad, 1973-
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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| Text | Request in advance | H62 .D797 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xix, 358 p.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- Why natural experiments? -- Standard natural experiments -- Regression-discontinuity designs -- Instrumental-variables designs -- Simplicity and transparency: keys to quantitative analysis -- Estimating variability: sampling processes and standard errors -- The central role of qualitative evidence -- How plausible is as-if random? -- How credible is the model? -- How relevant is the intervention? -- Building strong research designs through multi-method.
- Series Statement
- Strategies for social inquiry
- Uniform Title
- Strategies for social inquiry
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Why natural experiments? -- Standard natural experiments -- Regression-discontinuity designs -- Instrumental-variables designs -- Simplicity and transparency: keys to quantitative analysis -- Estimating variability: sampling processes and standard errors -- The central role of qualitative evidence -- How plausible is as-if random? -- How credible is the model? -- How relevant is the intervention? -- Building strong research designs through multi-method.
- ISBN
- 9781107017665 (hardback)
- 1107017661 (hardback)
- 9781107698000 (pbk.)
- 1107698006 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2012009061
- OCLC
- 779740391
- SCSB-11471970
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library