Causal Theory and Statistical Measures of Effect
A Convergence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5249797 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard P Boyle (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 843 |
| Publication date | 1966-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2091663 |
| OpenAlex | W2319099896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
Many theoretical questions investigated by sociologists hypothesize that one or more independent variables produce certain effects on a dependent variable. For substantive theories with this kind of structure, an explicit translation into mathematical model form is provided by Coleman's work with continuous-time, discrete-space stochastic processes. The statistical technique most appropriate for estimating the parameters of such a model is exactly the same as multiple regression analysis of dummy variables. Aside from the power which multiple regression brings to multivariate analysis, the major advantage of this convergence is the explicit empirical evaluation it provides for the structure of a substantive theory
Convergence (economics · Econometrics · Economics · Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis · Mathematics · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology
Linear versus logistic regression when the dependent variable is a dichotomy
Path Analysis and Ordinal Data
Anomie in the Ghetto
Multivariate Analysis of Dichotomous Variables
Family Size and College Aspirations
The Relative Influence of School and of Classroom Desegregation on the Academic Achievement of Ninth Grade Negro Students
Migración interna, movilidad social y actitudes y orientaciones de trabajadores peruanos
Anomia and Militancy Among Urban Negroes
Testing a Causal Model of Delinquency
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2009 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |