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Peer reviewedCheng, Patricia W. – Psychological Review, 1997
An integration of two different approaches to the psychology of causal induction is proposed that overcomes the problems associated with each. The proposal results in a causal power theory of the probabilistic contrast model of P. W. Cheng and L. R. Novick (1990). (SLD)
Descriptors: Causal Models, Etiology, Mathematical Models, Probability
Download full textMorris, Don R. – 2001
The focus of this paper is causal inference in social and educational research. A concern with causality has had a profound impact on the kinds of questions that may be addressed in research, on how they must be formulated, and on the methodology that must be applied. In the social sciences the prevailing experimental paradigm is used to address…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Social Science Research
Johnson, Burke – 2000
The terms "causal-comparative" and "correlational" are dated and misleading and suggest a false dichotomy in research. Textbook authors should stop misleading educational research students and researchers in training with the notion that causal-comparative research provides better evidence for causality than correlational research. They should…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Educational Research
