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A Method of Linear Causal Analysis: Dependence Analysis

American Sociological ReviewPublished 1 June 1965
Raymond Boudon
Citations103
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SJR score4.20
SNIP4.15

TL;DR

Data from both the computer-simulated respondents and the human respondents support theoretical predictions, and this version of the model regarding decision strategy produces data that are remarkably close to living persons' responses, even in the variations from predictions.

Abstract

In addition to the close correspondence indicated by the rank order correlations in Table 7, computer-generated responses and labor union members' decisions do not differ significantly on any of the eight individual questionnaire items (see Table 5). Data from both the computer-simulated respondents and the human respondents support theoretical predictions, and this version of the model regarding decision strategy produces data that are remarkably close to living persons' responses, even in the variations from predictions.

Keywords

Decision SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences