Identification Problems in the Social Sciences and Everyday Life.
Econometricians have found it useful to separate the problem of empirical inference into statistical and identification components. Studies of identification determine the conclusions that could be drawn if a researcher were able to observe a data sample of unlimited size. Statistical inference seek...
| Published in: | Southern Economic Journal Vol. 70; no. 1; pp. 11 - 22 |
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Southern Economic Association
July 2003
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