Robustness and Model Selection in Configurational Causal Modeling

Autor/inn/en	Parkkinen, Veli-Pekka; Baumgartner, Michael
Titel	Robustness and Model Selection in Configurational Causal Modeling
Quelle	In: Sociological Methods & Research, 52 (2023) 1, S.176-208 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Parkkinen, Veli-Pekka) ORCID (Baumgartner, Michael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0049-1241
DOI	10.1177/0049124120986200
Schlagwörter	Robustness (Statistics); Comparative Analysis; Causal Models; Goodness of Fit; Inferences; Evaluation Methods; Qualitative Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Widerstandsfähigkeit; Kausalanalyse; Inference; Inferenz; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	In recent years, proponents of configurational comparative methods (CCMs) have advanced various dimensions of robustness as instrumental to model selection. But these robustness considerations have not led to computable robustness measures, and they have typically been applied to the analysis of real-life data with unknown underlying causal structures, rendering it impossible to determine exactly how they influence the correctness of selected models. This article develops a computable criterion of "fit-robustness," which quantifies the degree to which a CCM model agrees with other models inferred from the same data under systematically varied threshold settings of fit parameters. Based on two extended series of inverse search trials on data simulated from known causal structures, the article moreover provides a precise assessment of the degree to which fit-robustness scoring is conducive to finding a correct causal model and how it compares to other approaches of model selection. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01