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Causality in Crisis: Statistical Methods and the Search for Causal Knowledge in the Social Sciences (Studies in Science and the Humanities from the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values, Volume IV)

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Description for Causality in Crisis: Statistical Methods and the Search for Causal Knowledge in the Social Sciences (Studies in Science and the Humanities from the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values, Volume IV) Paperback. Editor(s): McKim, Vaughan; Turner, Stephen. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .

In the past fifty years statisticians and methodologists in the social sciences have developed and refined a family of closely related statistical methods for the study of social phenomena. While the value of such methods of analysis is universally acknowledged, their use has never been wholly uncontroversial. In 1993 prominent scholars from a variety of disciplines (social sciences, statistics, philosophy of science) gathered at the University of Notre Dame to debate whether causal modeling techniques old or new can really justify the drawing of causal conclusions on the basis of correlational statistical data. The resulting volume from that groundbreaking conference ... Read more

In the essays presented here contributors critically reassess the widely accepted view that statistical methods of analysis can and do yield causal understanding of social phenomena. Although a number of technical issues receive attention, the overall emphasis is on the larger historical, philosophical, and conceptual perspectives that underlie and inform current methodological controversies.

The debates in Causality in Crisis? have far-ranging implications, for on their resolution hinges the question of what sort of knowledge of social life it is possible to achieve on the basis of non-experimental social scientific research. Any scholar who makes use of causal methods, as well as all who are affected by decisions reached on the basis of such methods, will have a stake in the challenging arguments put forth in this volume.

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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Univ of Notre Dame Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268008246
SKU
V9780268008246
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About McKim
Vaughn R. McKim is Emeritus Associate Professor of Philosophy and The Graduate Program in History and Philosophy of Science, and was the Acting Director of the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame. Stephen P. Turner is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida.

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“This is a collection of essys by a distinguished group of authors that is a ‘must read’ for those with an interest in causal modeling.” —Piers Rawling, University of Missouri-St. Louis “[A]n attempt to set out what the problems with contemporary statistical methods are, what solutions are being proposed, and to open up the debates about their effectiveness to a ... Read more

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