{"product_id":"causality-in-a-social-world-moderation-mediation-and-spill-over-hardcover","title":"Causality in a Social World: Moderation, Mediation and Spill-Over - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuanglei Hong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCausality in a Social World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e introduces innovative new statistical research and strategies for investigating moderated intervention effects, mediated intervention effects, and spill-over effects using experimental or quasi-experimental data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book uses potential outcomes to define causal effects, explains and evaluates identification assumptions using application examples, and compares innovative statistical strategies with conventional analysis methods. Whilst highlighting the crucial role of good research design and the evaluation of assumptions required for identifying causal effects in the context of each application, the author demonstrates that improved statistical procedures will greatly enhance the empirical study of causal relationship theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplications focus on interventions designed to improve outcomes for participants who are embedded in social settings, including families, classrooms, schools, neighbourhoods, and workplaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eInnovative strategies for the empirical study of causal effects for social scientists\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCausality in a Social World\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a series of weighting methods, often nonparametric in nature, for addressing a wide range of causal questions while minimizing the reliance on model-based assumptions. Rather than fitting research questions to existing statistical tools regardless of their constraining assumptions, this book offers numerous application examples in which causal inquiry is driven by scientific and practical interests. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey features: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how each causal relationship can be defined in terms of potential outcomes and identified using optimal experimental designs.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompares the identification assumptions invoked by various statistical techniques for analyses of non-experimental data. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys existing approaches along with presenting innovative new methodologies for causal analysis of moderation, mediation, and spill-over effects with examples from social scientific research.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides detailed descriptions of the weighting procedures.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers user-friendly software packages as well as syntax for the commonly used statistical programs SPSS, SAS, Stata and R.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ci\u003eCausality in a Social World\u003c\/i\u003e provides guidance to social scientists, graduate and post-graduate students in their empirical investigations of causality. \u003cp\u003eResearchers conducting policy analysis and program evaluation in research companies or in research offices at different levels of the government will also benefit from this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuanglei Hong\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Chicago, Department of Comparative Human Development, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.7 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723966156863,"sku":"9781118332566","price":170.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8534d968764e512a45f5228a534cc883.webp?v=1765100992","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/causality-in-a-social-world-moderation-mediation-and-spill-over-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}