Natural Experiments of History Diamond JaredPaperback
Natural Experiments of History Diamond JaredPaperback Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the…
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Natural Experiments of History Diamond JaredPaperback
Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past.
This book consists of eight comparative studies drawn from history, archeology, economics, economic history, geography, and political science. One has to devise other methods of observing, describing, and explaining the world.In the historical disciplines, a fruitful approach has been to use natural experiments or the comparative method. The studies cover a spectrum of approaches, ranging from a non-quantitative narrative style in the early chapters to quantitative statistical analyses in the later chapters.
The studies range from a simple
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