Interaction models : specification and interpretation / William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, William Roberts, 1962- author.

Golder, Matt, author.

Series:

Methodological tools in the social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Statistical methods.

Social sciences.

Political statistics.

Regression analysis.

Qualitative research--Methodology.

Qualitative research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 583 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The radical interdependence between humans who live together makes virtually all human behavior conditional. The behavior of individuals is conditional upon the expectations of those around them, and those expectations are conditional upon the rules (institutions) and norms (culture) constructed to monitor, reward, and punish different behaviors. As a result, nearly all hypotheses about humans are conditional - conditional upon the resources they possess, the institutions they inhabit, or the cultural practices that tell them how to behave. Interaction Models provides a stand-alone, accessible overview of how interaction models, which are frequently used across the social and natural sciences, capture the intuition behind conditional claims and context dependence. It also addresses the simple specification and interpretation errors that are, unfortunately, commonplace. By providing a comprehensive and unified introduction to the use and critical evaluation of interaction models, this book shows how they can be used to test theoretically-derived claims of conditionality.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 Nov 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108241762 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.