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Propensity Score Analysis Statistical Methods and Applications. Second Edition. Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the Social Sciences. Volume 11
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Guo, Shenyang; Fraser, Mark W. – SAGE Publications Ltd (CA), 2014
Fully updated to reflect the most recent changes in the field, the Second Edition of "Propensity Score Analysis" provides an accessible, systematic review of the origins, history, and statistical foundations of propensity score analysis, illustrating how it can be used for solving evaluation and causal-inference problems. With a strong…
Descriptors: Probability, Scores, Statistical Analysis, Causal Models
A Randomised Controlled Trial (or 'Fair Test'): Evaluating an Educational Innovation. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Stephen Gorard; Beng H. See; Nadia Siddiqui – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case describes a current evaluation of an educational intervention to help disadvantaged children catch up in literacy at around the time they transfer to their senior school. The evaluation is based on a randomised controlled trial design, which the case explains is the most appropriate for testing or establishing a causal claim. The case…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Educational Research, Intervention, Observation
Causal Inference for Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Sciences: An Introduction
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Imbens, Guido W.; Rubin, Donald B. – Cambridge University Press, 2015
Most questions in social and biomedical sciences are causal in nature: what would happen to individuals, or to groups, if part of their environment were changed? In this groundbreaking text, two world-renowned experts present statistical methods for studying such questions. This book starts with the notion of potential outcomes, each corresponding…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Statistical Inference, Statistics, Social Sciences
Integrating Faith and Learning: Using Survey Research to Broaden the Findings. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Thomas V. Frederick; Susan L. Hastings; Robert Pate – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case study is designed to demonstrate lessons learned investigating the integration of faith and learning at a faith-based university in southern California. It describes the use of a social survey to explicitly test a hypothesis related to the influence of having an attachment or vocational perspective on students' perceptions of integration…
Descriptors: Religious Colleges, Universities, Student Attitudes, College Students
Learning Causality in a Complex World: Understandings of Consequence
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Grotzer, Tina A. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012
What do children's interactions on the playground have to do with foreign policy? How does science understanding in middle school relate to environmental disasters in third world countries? The causal patterns that we detect and how we act upon them pervade every aspect of our lives. These skills will only become more important in the future as…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Causal Models, Decision Making, Attitude Change
Statistics and Data Interpretation for Social Work
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Rosenthal, James A. – Springer, 2011
Written by a social worker for social work students, this is a nuts and bolts guide to statistics that presents complex calculations and concepts in clear, easy-to-understand language. It includes numerous examples, data sets, and issues that students will encounter in social work practice. The first section introduces basic concepts and terms to…
Descriptors: Statistics, Data Interpretation, Social Work, Social Science Research