Causal Analysis, History of

Tim Futing Liao; Inna F. Deviatko

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.03212-8

Causal Analysis, History of

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This article examines the history of causal research traditions in the social sciences. We identify two major bases for the methods and logic of causal analysis in the social sciences - experimental designs and statistical methods - and discuss the developments in these two correlated research traditions, especially the implications of these developments for the social sciences. While the focus of our discussion is on the developments in western societies, we also briefly review prominent features of causal analysis in the social sciences in non-western societies.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Editors	James D Wright
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	247-250
Number of pages	4
Edition	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080970875
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.03212-8
State	Published - Mar 26 2015

Keywords

Causal analysis
Causality
Confounding
Counterfactuals
Experiment
Experimental design
Experimentation
Field experiment
Hypothesis testing
Quasi-experiment
Quasi-experimentation
Selection bias
Statistical analysis
Statistics
Structural equation modeling

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General Social Sciences

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