A Gelman, Andrew. Cortina, Jeronimo. text bibliography enk Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2009 monographic eng

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xiv, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Introduction and overview -- What's in a number? Definitions of fairness and political representation -- The allure and limitations of mathematical modeling : game theory and trench warfare -- Historical background of quantitative social science -- Sources of historical data -- Historical perspectives on international exchange rates -- Historical data and demography in Europe and the Americas -- Learning from economic data -- Econometric forecasting and the flow of information -- Two studies of interest rates and monetary policy -- Models and theories in sociology -- Explanations of the racial disturbances of the 1960s -- The time series of lynchings in the American South -- Attainment processes in a large organization -- What is political science? -- The politics of Supreme Court nominations : the critical role of the media environment -- Modeling strategy in congressional hearings -- Formulating and testing theories in psychology -- Some theories in cognitive and social psychology -- Signal detection theory and models for trade-offs in decision making -- The potential-outcomes model of causation -- Some statistical tools for causal inference with observational data -- Migration and solidarity. edited by Andrew Gelman, Jeronimo Cortina. Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-338) and index. Social sciences Methodology Social sciences H62 .Q365 2009 300.72 9780521861984 (hardback) 0521861985 (hardback) 9780521680035 (pbk.) 0521680034 (pbk.) 2008054986 DLC 081230 20161117174040.0 15571563