Causality as validity: Some implications for the social sciences

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 597-604

  Moreno, Rafael ^a   Martínez, Rafael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Causal models; Causality; Non directional causality; Simultaneous relations; Social sciences; Temporal asymmetry; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249086897     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-006-9060-4     Document Type: Article

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