Concept information
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philosophy and the social sciences
cognitive sciences, neurosciences, and social explanation
social cognition
inference
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politics and international relations
political science
epistemological foundations of political science
functionalism
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politics and international relations
international relations
international organization (political science)
functionalism
Preferred term
causal inference
Definition
- From a statistical perspective, causal inferences are strongest when drawn from a “randomized controlled experiment,” where the investigators assign subjects at random to a treatment condition or a control condition. Up to random error, randomization balances the two groups with respect to all factors—except for the particular causal factor under investigation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Causal Inference]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QG3VBFKW-V
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