02281ctm a2200373 a 4500 16109231 20250312110245.0 ta 150206s2011 enka b 001 0 eng 2010007441 GBB074994 bnb 015583144 Uk 9780199753864 (hardback) : 34.76 0199753865 (hardback) (OCoLC)ocn537652482 DLC DLC UKM YDXCP CDX C#P BWX DLC LB1028 .M86 2011 370.7/2 22 Murnane, Richard J. Methods matter : [manuscript] : improving causal inference in educational and social science research / Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. xv, 397 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The challenge for educational research -- The importance of theory -- Designing research to address causal questions -- Investigator-designed randomized experiments -- Challenges in designing, implementing, and learning from randomized experiments -- Statistical power and sample size -- Experimental research when participants are clustered within intact groups -- Using natural experiments to provide "arguably exogenous" treatment variability -- Estimating causal effects using a regression-discontinuity approach -- Introducing instrumental-variables estimation -- Using IVE to recover the treatment effect in a quasi-experiment -- Dealing with bias in treatment effects estimated from nonexperimental data -- Methodological lessons from the long quest -- Substantive lessons and new questions. Education Research Methodology. Quantitative research. Willett, John B. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 2 shelf copies policy default claim1 2010-12-15 BK re08 2010-03-01 re12 2010-03-01 to Dewey be14 2010-03-01 re12 2011-02-25 Z-CipVer telework to BCCD ff69 2011-04-16 copy 2 added 9 1851 1851 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 370.72 Mur 2011 12001 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK