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Causal Analysis in Population StudiesCausation and Its Discontents

Causal Analysis in Population Studies: Causation and Its Discontents [It is impossible to escape the impression that population scientists commonly use false standards in adducing causation – that they seek to make claims about the power of their research in elucidating cause and effect and admire similar claims in others, and that they mis-estimate the true values of important causal parameters. And yet, in making any general judgment of this sort, we are in danger of forgetting how variegated the human population and the mental constructs associated with its apprehension are.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Causal Analysis in Population StudiesCausation and Its Discontents

Editors: Engelhardt, Henriette; Kohler, Hans-Peter; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Netherlands 2009
ISBN
978-1-4020-9966-3
Pages
233 –242
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-9967-0_10
Publisher site
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Abstract

[It is impossible to escape the impression that population scientists commonly use false standards in adducing causation – that they seek to make claims about the power of their research in elucidating cause and effect and admire similar claims in others, and that they mis-estimate the true values of important causal parameters. And yet, in making any general judgment of this sort, we are in danger of forgetting how variegated the human population and the mental constructs associated with its apprehension are.]

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: Causal Effect; Causal Inference; American Sociological Review; Causal Analysis; Development Review

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