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The limits of inference without theory / Kenneth I. Wolpin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolpin, Kenneth I.
- Series:
- Tjalling C. Koopmans Memorial Lectures
- Tjalling C. Koopmans memorial lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inference.
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines the role of theory in inferential empirical work in economics and the social sciences in genera--that is, any research that uses raw data to go beyond the mere statement of fact or the tabulation of statistics. Considered in particular are the limits that eschewing the use of theory places on inference--Publisher.
- Contents:
- Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Ex Ante Policy Evaluation-The Role of Theory; 3 The Limits of Inference without Theory; 4 A Brief Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-31368-5
- 0-262-31367-7
- OCLC:
- 841793990
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