This innovative research design text will help you make informed choices when carrying out your research project. Covering both qualitative and quantitative approaches, and with examples drawn from a wide range of social science disciplines, the authors explain what is at stake when choosing a research design, and discuss the trade-offs that researchers have to make when considering issues such as: causality; categories and classification; heterogeneity; interdependence; time

This book will appeal to students and researchers looking for an in-depth understanding of research design issues to help them design their projects in a thoughtful and responsible way.

Statistical Research Designs for Causal Inference

Introduction

In Chapter 3 we discussed the different ways in which the social sciences conceptualize causation and argued that there is no single way in which causal relationships can be defined and analysed ...

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