The Limits of Inference Without Theory

MIT Press (2013)
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This book examines the role of theory in inferential empirical work in economics and the social sciences in genera--that is, any research that uses raw data to go beyond the mere statement of fact or the tabulation of statistics.

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Philosophy of economics.Daniel M. Hausman - 2008 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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