Experimental designs for identifying causal mechanisms

Experimentation is a powerful methodology that enables scientists to establish causal claims empirically. However, one important criticism is that experiments merely provide a black box view of causality and fail to identify causal mechanisms. Specifically, critics argue that, although experiments c...

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Main Authors: Imai, Kosuke, Tingley, Dustin, Yamamoto, Teppei
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Wiley Blackwell 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85870
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8079-7675