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Thad Dunning - Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences: A Design-Based Approach (Strategies for Social Inquiry) - 9781107698000 - V9781107698000
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Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences: A Design-Based Approach (Strategies for Social Inquiry)

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Description for Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences: A Design-Based Approach (Strategies for Social Inquiry) Paperback. The first comprehensive guide to natural experiments, providing an ideal introduction for scholars and students. Series: Strategies for Social Inquiry. Num Pages: 376 pages, 13 b/w illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 688. A Design-Based Approach. Series: Strategies for Social Inquiry. 378 pages, 13 b/w illus. 14 tables. The first comprehensive guide to natural experiments, providing an ideal introduction for scholars and students. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC. Dimension: 244 x 177 x 18. Weight: 750.
This unique book is the first comprehensive guide to the discovery, analysis, and evaluation of natural experiments - an increasingly popular methodology in the social sciences. Thad Dunning provides an introduction to key issues in causal inference, including model specification, and emphasizes the importance of strong research design over complex statistical analysis. Surveying many examples of standard natural experiments, regression-discontinuity designs, and instrumental-variables designs, Dunning highlights both the strengths and potential weaknesses of these methods, aiding researchers in better harnessing the promise of natural experiments while avoiding the pitfalls. Dunning also demonstrates the contribution of qualitative methods to natural experiments ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Strategies for Social Inquiry
Condition
New
Weight
739g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107698000
SKU
V9781107698000
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About Thad Dunning
Thad Dunning is Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University and a research fellow at Yale's Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. He has written on a range of methodological topics, including impact evaluation, econometric corrections for selection effects and multi-method research in the social sciences, and ... Read more

Reviews for Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences: A Design-Based Approach (Strategies for Social Inquiry)
'Dunning has produced a useful and remarkably accessible guide for social scientists of all sorts. I especially like his guide to discovering natural experiments.' J. D. Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 'One of the most exciting developments in contemporary political science is the use of natural experiments to estimate causal effects. In this illuminating and highly readable book, Thad Dunning ... Read more

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