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  1. Causal Research: Definition, Design, Tips, Examples

    Establishing Causality: Causal research enables researchers to determine whether changes in one variable directly cause changes in another variable. This helps identify effective interventions, predict outcomes, and …

  2. Research: Articulating Questions, Generating Hypotheses, and …

    This paper begins by describing the process of articulating clear and concise research questions, assuming that you have minimal experience. It then describes how to choose …

  3. Principles of Causation

    Contemporary studies involving causality require strong assumptions, causal-structural subject-matter knowledge, careful statistical analysis, and considerations for alternative explanations. The following models …

  4. A step-by-step guide to causal study design using real-world data

    The steps include defining the causal research question and the estimand; creating a directed acyclic graph; identifying biases and design and analytic techniques to …

  5. Causal Research Design: Definition, Benefits, Examples

    You can use a causal research design to evaluate the effects of certain changes on existing procedures, norms, and more. This article explores causal research design, …

  6. Causation and Research Design

    During this review, we give special attention to several key distinctions in research design that are related to our ability to come to causal conclusions: the use of an experi-mental or …

  7. 8 Preparing a Causal Research Design

    This chapter outlines the principles and practices of preparing a causal research design in qualitative research. It argues that a good causal research design is one that (1) poses a …

  8. Study designs which can demonstrate and test causation

    This chapter presents study designs which can test and show causation. Cohort and intervention studies compare people exposed to an agent or intervention with those unexposed or less …