Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/238780 
Year of Publication: 
2009
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[Journal:] International Econometric Review (IER) [ISSN:] 1308-8815 [Volume:] 1 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Econometric Research Association (ERA) [Place:] Ankara [Year:] 2009 [Pages:] 5-17
Publisher: 
Econometric Research Association (ERA), Ankara
Abstract: 
In the social and behavioral sciences, far-reaching claims are often made for the superiority of advanced quantitative methods by those who manage to ignore the far-reaching assumptions behind the models. In section 2, we see there was considerable skepticism about disentangling causal processes by statistical modeling. Freedman (2005) examined several well-known modeling exercises, and discovered good reasons for skepticism. Some kinds of problems may yield to sophisticated statistical technique; others will not. The goal of empirical research is or should be to increase our understanding of the phenomena, rather than displaying our mastery of technique.
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