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Integrated Inferences: Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research

Macartan Humphreys, Alan M. Jacobs – 2023

There is a growing consensus in the social sciences on the virtues of research strategies that combine quantitative with qualitative tools of inference. Integrated Inferences develops a framework for using causal models and Bayesian updating for qualitative and mixed-methods research. By making, updating, and querying causal models, researchers are able to integrate information from different data sources while connecting theory and empirics in a far more systematic and transparent manner than standard qualitative and quantitative approaches allow. This book provides an introduction to fundamental principles of causal inference and Bayesian updating and shows how these tools can be used to implement and justify inferences using withincase (process-tracing) evidence, correlational patterns across many cases, or a mix of the two. The authors also demonstrate how causal models can guide research design, informing choices about which cases, observations, and mixes of methods will be most useful for addressing any given question.

Title
Integrated Inferences: Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research
Author
Macartan Humphreys, Alan M. Jacobs
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Keywords
Monograph
Date
2023
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316718636
Citation
Macartan Humphreys, Alan M Jacobs (2023): Integrated Inferences: Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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