LEADER 04223nam 22006495 450 001 9910659480503321 005 20251008142110.0 010 $a3-031-12982-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-12982-7 035 $a(PPN)280686943 035 $a(CKB)5710000000110508 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7206786 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7206786 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-12982-7 035 $a(OCoLC)1371022194 035 $a(ODN)ODN0010067539 035 $a(EXLCZ)995710000000110508 100 $a20230213d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCausality in Policy Studies $ea Pluralist Toolbox /$fedited by Alessia Damonte, Fedra Negri 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (281 pages) 225 1 $aTexts in Quantitative Political Analysis,$x2730-9622 311 08$a3-031-12981-4 327 $a1. Introduction: the Elephant of Causation and the Blind Sages -- 2. Causation in the Social Realm -- 3. Counterfactuals with Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Variation -- 4. Correlation is not Causation, yet? Matching and Weighting for Better Counterfactuals -- 5. Getting the Most Out of Surveys: Multilevel Regression And Poststratification -- 6. Pathway analysis, causal mediation and the identification of causal mechanisms -- 7. Proof by Testing Joint Sufficiency Twice: Explanatory Qualitative Comparative Analysis -- 8. Causal Inference and Policy Evaluation from Case Studies using Bayesian Process Tracing -- 9. Exploring Interventions ogn Social Outcomes with in Silico, Agent-Based Experiments -- 10. The Many Threats from Mechanistic Heterogeneity that Can Spoil Multi-Method Research. 330 $aThis volume provides a methodological toolbox for conducting policy research. Recognizing that policy research spans various academic disciplines, each of which takes a different view on causality, the volume introduces a methodologically pluralistic approach to policy studies. Each chapter clarifies the research question that each technique can answer, the research design and data treatment that each technique requires for its results to be sound, the validity domain of its results, and the actual deployment of the technique through a replicable example. Techniques covered include quasi-experimental designs, approaches to account for selection bias and observed imbalances, directed acyclic graphs and structural equation models, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Bayesian case study and process tracing, and Agent-Based Modelling. By working through the volume, readers will understand how to learn from different techniques, apply them consciously, and triangulate them to make better sense of findings. This volume is intended for advanced academic courses, as well as scholars and practitioners in policy-related fields, such as political science, economics, sociology, and public administration. This is an open access book. 410 0$aTexts in Quantitative Political Analysis,$x2730-9622 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods 606 $aMethodology of Political Science 606 $aPublic Policy 606 $aStatistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy 606 $aPolitical Theory 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods. 615 14$aMethodology of Political Science. 615 24$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aStatistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy. 615 24$aPolitical Theory. 676 $a320.0721 686 $aPOL000000$aPOL010000$aPOL028000$aSOC027000$2bisacsh 700 $aDamonte$b Alessia$01337589 701 $aNegri$b Fedra$01071602 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910659480503321 996 $aCausality in Policy Studies$93057060 997 $aUNINA