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‘This book provides a fresh and stimulating approach to causal analysis in the social sciences. International experts provide not just the philosophical arguments for a case-based approach to research but also detailed chapters on: ‘why-to’, ‘when-to’ and ‘how-to’. Traditional distinctions between qualitative and quantitative are rejected in favour of a case-based approach which is applicable across the social sciences and beyond’ - Professor Angela Dale, The University of Manchester
Single-Case Probabilities
Single-Case Probabilities
Introduction
The history of probability can be thought of as a history of frustrated causality. Humans have always wanted to answer ‘why’ questions, but since the advent of modern science this desire has taken the form of a quest for lawlike explanation – a desire to demonstrate what it is that ...
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