Methods matter : improving causal inference in educational and social science research

フォーマット:

図書

責任表示:

Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett

言語:

英語

出版情報:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c2011

形態:

xv, 397 p. ; 25 cm

著者名:

• Murnane, Richard J. <DA07889916>
• Willett, John B. <DA04420540>

目次情報:

The challenge for educational research
The importance of theory
Designing research to address causal questions
Past approaches to answering causal questions in education
Investigator-designed randomized experiments
Challenges in designing, implementing, and learning from randomized experiments
Statistical power and sample size
Experimental rech when participants are clustered within intact groups
Using natural experiments to provide "arguably exogenous" treatment variability
Estimating causal effects using a Regression-Discontinuity approach
Introducing instrumental-variables estimation
Using IVE to recover the treatment effect in a Quasi-Experiment
Dealing with bias in treatment effects estimated from nonexperimental data
Methodological lessons from the long quest
Substantive lessons and new questions

The challenge for educational research
The importance of theory
Designing research to address causal questions
Past approaches to answering causal questions in education
Investigator-designed randomized experiments
Challenges in designing, implementing, and learning from randomized experiments

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書誌ID:

BB0412412X

ISBN:

9780199753864 [0199753865] (: hbk)