{"product_id":"statistical-models-and-causal-inference-a-dialogue-with-the-social-sciences-paperback-9780521123907","title":"Statistical Models and Causal Inference; A Dialogue with the Social Sciences (Paperback) 9780521123907","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStatistical Models and Causal Inference\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Dialogue with the Social Sciences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid A. Freedman presents a definitive synthesis of his approach to statistical modeling and causal inference in the social sciences.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid A. Freedman (Author), David Collier (Edited by), Jasjeet S. Sekhon (Edited by), Philip B. Stark (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521123907, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 23 November 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDavid A. Freedman presents here a definitive synthesis of his approach to causal inference in the social sciences. He explores the foundations and limitations of statistical modeling, illustrating basic arguments with examples from political science, public policy, law, and epidemiology. Freedman maintains that many new technical approaches to statistical modeling constitute not progress, but regress. Instead, he advocates a 'shoe leather' methodology, which exploits natural variation to mitigate confounding and relies on intimate knowledge of the subject matter to develop meticulous research designs and eliminate rival explanations. When Freedman first enunciated this position, he was met with scepticism, in part because it was hard to believe that a mathematical statistician of his stature would favor 'low-tech' approaches. But the tide is turning. Many social scientists now agree that statistical technique cannot substitute for good research design and subject matter knowledge. This book offers an integrated presentation of Freedman's views.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEditors' introduction: inference and shoe leather\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Statistical Modeling: Foundations and Limitations: 1. Some issues in the foundations of statistics: probability and model validation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Statistical assumptions as empirical commitments\u003cbr\u003e 3. Statistical models and shoe leather\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Studies in Political Science, Public Policy, and Epidemiology: 4. Methods for Census 2000 and statistical adjustments\u003cbr\u003e 5. On 'solutions' to the ecological inference problem\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rejoinder to King\u003cbr\u003e 7. Black ravens, white shoes, and case selection: inference with categorical variables\u003cbr\u003e 8. What is the chance of an earthquake?\u003cbr\u003e 9. Salt and blood pressure: conventional wisdom reconsidered\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Swine Flu vaccine and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: relative risk and specific causation\u003cbr\u003e 11. Survival analysis: an epidemiological hazard?\u003cbr\u003e Part III. New Developments: Progress or Regress?: 12. On regression adjustments in experiments with several treatments\u003cbr\u003e 13. Randomization does not justify logistic regression\u003cbr\u003e 14. The grand leap\u003cbr\u003e 15. On specifying graphical models for causation, and the identification problem\u003cbr\u003e 16. Weighting regressions by propensity scores\u003cbr\u003e 17. On the so-called 'Huber sandwich estimator' and 'robust standard errors'\u003cbr\u003e 18. Endogeneity in probit response models\u003cbr\u003e 19. Diagnostics cannot have much power against general alternatives\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Shoe Leather, Revisited: 20. On types of scientific inquiry: the role of quantitative reasoning.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Probability \u0026amp; statistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Probability \u0026amp; statistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Probability%20\u0026amp;%20statistics%20%5BPBT%5D%22\"\u003ePBT\u003c\/a\u003e], Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000123576600,"sku":"9780521123907","price":39.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521123907i_95552435-5be3-45a6-bd16-17be7f03e293.jpg?v=1691371794","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/statistical-models-and-causal-inference-a-dialogue-with-the-social-sciences-paperback-9780521123907","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}