Methods matter : improving causal inference in educational and social science research / Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murnane, Richard J.

Contributor:

Willett, John B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research--Methodology.

Education.

Quantitative research.

Physical Description:

xv, 397 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Contents:

The challenge for educational research

The importance of theory

Designing research to address causal questions

Investigator-designed randomized experiments

Challenges in designing, implementing, and learning from randomized experiments

Statistical power and sample size

Experimental research when participants are clustered within intact groups

Using natural experiments to provide "arguably exogenous" treatment variability

Estimating causal effects using a regression-discontinuity approach

Introducing instrumental-variables estimation

Using IVE to recover the treatment effect in a quasi-experiment

Dealing with bias in treatment effects estimated from nonexperimental data

Methodological lessons from the long quest

Substantive lessons and new questions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199753864

0199753865

OCLC:

537652482