Detecting Causes
Abstract This chapter provides the foundation for understanding how studies are designed for the purpose of detecting causes. It presents a framework derived from two sources: psychology and epidemiology. The starting point is a schema widely adopted in psychological research and influential in many...
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| Format: | Book Part |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University PressNew York
2006
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195101812.003.05 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/44444719/book_38618_section_335177554.ag.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract This chapter provides the foundation for understanding how studies are designed for the purpose of detecting causes. It presents a framework derived from two sources: psychology and epidemiology. The starting point is a schema widely adopted in psychological research and influential in many other fields, including social sciences and epidemiology. Drawing upon the work of epidemiologists such as Susser (1973) and Rothman and Greenland (1998), this schema is tailored for use in epidemiology. |
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