Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Foundations
- Part II Model-Based Causal Inference
- 7 Process Tracing with Causal Models
- 8 Process-Tracing Applications
- 9 Integrated Inferences
- 10 Integrated Inferences Applications
- 11 Mixing Models
- Part III Design Choices
- Part IV Models in Question
- Part V Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Process Tracing with Causal Models
from Part II - Model-Based Causal Inference
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Foundations
- Part II Model-Based Causal Inference
- 7 Process Tracing with Causal Models
- 8 Process-Tracing Applications
- 9 Integrated Inferences
- 10 Integrated Inferences Applications
- 11 Mixing Models
- Part III Design Choices
- Part IV Models in Question
- Part V Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
We connect the literature on causal models to qualitative inference strategies used in process tracing. The chapter outlines a procedure for drawing case-level causal inferences from a causal model and within-case evidence. We also show how a key result from the causal-models literature provides a condition for when the observation of a node in a causal model (a “clue”) may be (or certainly will not be) informative, and we extract a set of implications for process-tracing methods.
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- Integrated InferencesCausal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research, pp. 155 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023