Unpacking the Black Box of Causality: Learning about Causal Mechanisms from Experimental and Observational Studies
Identifying causal mechanisms is a fundamental goal of social science. Researchers seek to study not only whether one variable affects another but also how such a causal relationship arises. Yet commonly used statistical methods for identifying causal mechanisms rely upon untestable assumptions and...
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Cambridge University Press
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84065 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8079-7675 |