New publication on qualitative approximations to causality in non-randomized studies

Causality outside of experiments cannot be avoided, as theory development involves causal evaluation, and the potential of intervention effects must be investigated. Any causal question must begin with qualitative considerations. These may be sufficient to approximate causal answers; they inform whether quantitative analysis is warranted and, if so, which one to use. Michael Höfler, Sebastian Trautmann from the Medical School Hamburg and Philipp Kanske investigate the topic of causality in more detail in their new publication Qualitative Approximations to Causality: Non-Randomizable Factors in Clinical Psychology. The open-access paper was published in Clinical Psychology in Europe.

Höfler, M., Trautmann, S., & Kanske, P. (2021). Supplementary materials to "Qualitative approximations to causality: Non-randomizable factors in clinical psychology" [Additional information]. PsychOpen GOLD. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4838