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Direct linkBriggs, Derek C. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2004
In the social sciences, evaluating the effectiveness of a program or intervention often leads researchers to draw causal inferences from observational research designs. Bias in estimated causal effects becomes an obvious problem in such settings. This article presents the Heckman Model as an approach sometimes applied to observational data for the…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Statistical Inference, Causal Models, Test Bias
