Integrated Inferences - Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research

"Introduces a Bayesian approach to the use of causal models to design and carry out qualitative and mixed-methods research. Addressed to researchers across the social sciences, this book shows how causal models allow us to combine extensive and intensive data strategies to answer both general and case-specific causal questions"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; I. Foundations: 2. Causal models; 3. Illustrating causal models; 4. Causal queries; 5. Bayesian answers; 6. Theories as causal models; II. Model-based causal inference: 7. Process tracing with causal models; 8. Process tracing applications; 9. Integrated inferences; 10. Integrated inferences applications; 11. Mixing models; III. Design choices: 12. Clue selection as a decision problem; 13. Case selection; 14. Going wide, going deep; IV. Models in question: 15. Justifying models; 16. Evaluating models; 17. Final words; V. Appendices: 18. Causal Queries; 19. Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Macartan Humphreys is Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Director of the Institutions and Political Inequality group at the WZB Berlin, conducting research on post-conflict development, ethnic politics, and democratic decision-making. He has been President of the APSA Experimental Political Science section and Executive Director of the Evidence on Governance and Politics network.Alan M. Jacobs is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, conducting research on comparative political economy in democratic settings. He has been President of the APSA's Qualitative and Multi-Method Research section, winner of the section's Mid-Career Achievement Award, and a regular instructor at the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research.

Product details

• Authors: Macartan Humphreys, Macartan (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin F Humphreys, Macartan (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung) Humphreys, Humphreys Macartan, Alan M Jacobs, Alan M. (University of British Columbia Jacobs, Jacobs Alan M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781107169623
• ISBN: 978-1-107-16962-3
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Strategies for Social Inquiry
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Research and information: general, Academic style, Academism, Academicism