Causation and Its Discontents

Herbert L. Smith ()
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Herbert L. Smith: Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

Chapter Chapter 10 in Causal Analysis in Population Studies, 2009, pp 233-242 from Springer

Abstract: It is impossible to escape the impression that population scientists commonly use false standards in adducing causation – that they seek to make claims about the power of their research in elucidating cause and effect and admire similar claims in others, and that they mis-estimate the true values of important causal parameters. And yet, in making any general judgment of this sort, we are in danger of forgetting how variegated the human population and the mental constructs associated with its apprehension are.

Keywords: Causal Effect; Causal Inference; American Sociological Review; Causal Analysis; Development Review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9967-0_10

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