Causal inferences in nonexperimental research Book

SEE PHOTOS for Table of contents and tables... FROM BACK COVER: "In the methodology of research, the social scientist often finds him - or herself working in areas where no adequately defined principles of inference exist. Many statistical rules do not properly cover the kinds of situation with which social science deals, and actual practice frequently involves ad hoc types of inference... Blalock addresses himself to this need and offers an articulate and instructive study that will enable the social scientist to strengthen research methods..." FROM TITLE PAGE "The Norton imprint on a book means that in the publisher's estimation it is a book not for a single season but for the years." (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)