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12 - Clue Selection as a Decision Problem

from Part III - Design Choices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2023

Macartan Humphreys
Affiliation:
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
Alan M. Jacobs
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Summary

This chapter is the first of three in which we investigate how causal models can inform research design. In this chapter, we draw out the implications of the causal-model approach for clue-selection strategies, for figuring out which pieces of evidence are likely to be most informative about a question of interest. We demonstrate procedures for assessing which clues minimize expected posterior variance and how to construct an optimal decision tree for determining a dynamic clue-gathering strategy.

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Integrated Inferences
Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research
, pp. 301 - 319
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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