Ethnographic Causality

This book explores the problem of causal inference when a sufficient number of comparative cases cannot be found, which would permit the application of frequency based models formulated in terms of explanatory causal generalizations. Recent developments in causal inference focus mainly on type-cau...

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Main Author: Abell, Peter (auth)
Other Authors: Engel, Ofer (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Groningen University of Groningen Press 2023
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