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Shared Principles of Causal Inference in Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Shared Principles of Causal Inference in Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Shared Principles of Causal Inference in Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Sean Kelly

In studying learning and socialization in the complex world of schools educational researchers must make inferences about educational problems and solutions from imperfect data and less than ideal research designs. Indeed, educational researchers are often interested in studying educational problems as they naturally occur, or in curriculum or policy interventions that take place in an educational system all at once, without the benefit of proactively putting in place a study design. In quantitative research in education, a rich body of research has developed to understand and support causal inferences in quasi-experimental data, that is, data where the study design ...

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