Pattern Selection: The Importance of “How You Get There”

Pattern selection: the importance of "how you get there".

How the Cases You Choose Affect the Answers You Get: Selection Bias in Comparative Politics

This article demonstrates how the selection of cases for study on the basis of outcomes on the dependent variable biases conclusions. It first lays out the logic of explanation and shows how it is violated when only cases that have achieved the outcome of interest are studied. It then examines three wellknown and highly regarded studies in the field of comparative politics, comparing the conclu...

Thalamocortical Topography Reloaded It's Not Where You Go, but How You Get There

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How Basic Can You Get?

after three years in Kenya, and was awaiting a return passage to Kenya to take up a civilian post.

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During one of the several unsuccessful admission interviews I had before finally being admitted to a graduate program, an interviewer asked me what kind of research I would like to do as a psychologist. "I plan to validate the Rorschach" was my reply. "And what will you do if you find the Rorschach isn't valid?" was the interviewer's next question. I don't recall my answer but it was obviously ...