ISBN:
9781108415392
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9781108401388
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xiv, 254 Seiten
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Diagramme
Serie:
Methodological tools in the social sciences
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Neumayer, Eric, 1970 - Robustness tests for quantitative research
DDC:
519.5/4
Schlagwort(e):
Robust statistics
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Social sciences Methodology
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Sozialwissenschaften
;
Methodologie
;
Quantitative Methode
;
Qualität
;
Statistische Analyse
;
Evaluation
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Testauswertung
;
test evaluation
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Methode
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Sozialwissenschaften
;
Robuste Statistik
Kurzfassung:
The causal complexity that characterizes the social world hampers causal inference. In table 1, we compare traditional science-derived concepts of causality to the logic of causality in the social world. We stress that the traditional concept of causality used in the social sciences comes from traditional physics. It does not necessarily apply to other sciences and is increasingly questioned even by physicists as the rise of quantum physics testifies. We employ it as a backdrop to illustrate how ill it fits to the social world despite many modern social science methodologists putting their faith in inferential techniques that would be well suited only to the traditional science-derived concept of causality.
Anmerkung:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 232-251
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