Nonparametric Combination (NPC): A Framework for Testing Elaborate Theories

Social scientists are commonly advised to deduce and test all observable implications of their theories. We describe a principled framework for testing such “elaborate” theories: nonparametric combination. Nonparametric combination (NPC) assesses the joint probability of observing the theoretically...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Caughey, Devin, Dafoe, Allan, Seawright, Jason
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: University of Chicago Press 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119234
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6769-1438