An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method

By M. Cohen, E. Nagel. 1934

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The Value of Crime Scripting: Deconstructing Internal Child Sex Trafficking (2011, background): “Empirical evidence forms the basis for theories, which are subject to robust testing (Cohen and Nagel, 1934) and an open discussion of any methodological or data limitations.”
Confounding and Collapsibility in Causal Inference (1999, background): “This phenomenon had been discussed by earlier authors, including Yule (1903); see also Cohen and Nagel (1934).”
Recommendations for Creating Better Concept Definitions in the Organizational, Behavioral, and Social Sciences (2016, unknown): “Indeed, as noted by Cohen and Nagel (1934), ‘‘A definition,’’ according to Aristotle, ‘‘is a phrase signifying a thing’s essence.’’”
The Neyman— Rubin Model of Causal Inference and Estimation Via Matching Methods (2008, methodology): “As such, Mill's methods have been used by generations of social science researchers (Cohen and Nagel 1934), but they contrast sharply with statistical methods.”
Comment: Understanding Simpson’s Paradox (2014, background): “Sign reversal was first noted by Cohen and Nagel (1934) and then by Blyth (1972) who labeled the reversal “paradox,” presumably because the surprise that association reversal evokes among the unwary appears paradoxical at first.”