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Integrated Inferences: Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research: Strategies for Social Inquiry

Autor Macartan Humphreys, Alan M. Jacobs
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 sep 2023
There is a growing consensus in the social sciences on the virtues of research strategies that combine quantitative with qualitative tools of inference. Integrated Inferences develops a framework for using causal models and Bayesian updating for qualitative and mixed-methods research. By making, updating, and querying causal models, researchers are able to integrate information from different data sources while connecting theory and empirics in a far more systematic and transparent manner than standard qualitative and quantitative approaches allow. This book provides an introduction to fundamental principles of causal inference and Bayesian updating and shows how these tools can be used to implement and justify inferences using within-case (process tracing) evidence, correlational patterns across many cases, or a mix of the two. The authors also demonstrate how causal models can guide research design, informing choices about which cases, observations, and mixes of methods will be most useful for addressing any given question.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107169623
ISBN-10: 1107169623
Pagini: 300
Dimensiuni: 251 x 175 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.89 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Strategies for Social Inquiry

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

1. Introduction; I. Foundations: 2. Causal models; 3. Illustrating causal models; 4. Causal queries; 5. Bayesian answers; 6. Theories as causal models; II. Model-based causal inference: 7. Process tracing with causal models; 8. Process tracing applications; 9. Integrated inferences; 10. Integrated inferences applications; 11. Mixing models; III. Design choices: 12. Clue selection as a decision problem; 13. Case selection; 14. Going wide, going deep; IV. Models in question: 15. Justifying models; 16. Evaluating models; 17. Final words; V. Appendices: 18. Causal Queries; 19. Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Recenzii

'An ambitious attempt to understand and test qualitative theories in social science by embedding their design and analysis into a quantitative Bayesian framework, this book will give economists, political scientists, and other researchers a lot to chew on for years to come.' Andrew Gelman, Professor of Statistics and Political Science, Columbia University

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Develops a new approach to the use of causal models for qualitative and mixed-method research design and causal inference.