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Causation (sociology), the Glossary

Causation refers to the existence of "cause and effect" relationships between multiple variables.^[1]

24 relations: American Journal of Sociology, Auguste Comte, Émile Durkheim, Causality, Classical mechanics, Dependent and independent variables, External validity, Harper (publisher), History of capitalism, Ideal type, Max Weber, McGraw Hill Education, Mediation (statistics), Necessity and sufficiency, Oxford University Press, Protestant work ethic, Protestantism, Routledge, Sociological theory, Sociology, Spurious relationship, Structural functionalism, Talcott Parsons, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

American Journal of Sociology

The American Journal of Sociology is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly academic journal that publishes original research and book reviews in the field of sociology and related social sciences.

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Auguste Comte

Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (19 January 1798 – 30 September 1857) was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism.

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Émile Durkheim

David Émile Durkheim (or; 15 April 1858 – 15 November 1917), professionally known simply as Émile Durkheim, was a French sociologist.

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Causality is an influence by which one event, process, state, or object (a cause) contributes to the production of another event, process, state, or object (an effect) where the cause is partly responsible for the effect, and the effect is partly dependent on the cause.

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Classical mechanics

Classical mechanics is a physical theory describing the motion of objects such as projectiles, parts of machinery, spacecraft, planets, stars, and galaxies.

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Dependent and independent variables

A variable is considered dependent if it depends on an independent variable.

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External validity

External validity is the validity of applying the conclusions of a scientific study outside the context of that study.

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Harper (publisher)

Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher, HarperCollins, based in New York City.

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History of capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production.

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Ideal type

Ideal type (Idealtypus), also known as pure type, is a typological term most closely associated with the sociologist Max Weber (1864–1920). Causation (sociology) and Ideal type are sociological terminology.

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Max Weber

Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally.

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McGraw Hill Education

McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.

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In statistics, a mediation model seeks to identify and explain the mechanism or process that underlies an observed relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable via the inclusion of a third hypothetical variable, known as a mediator variable (also a mediating variable, intermediary variable, or intervening variable).

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Necessity and sufficiency

In logic and mathematics, necessity and sufficiency are terms used to describe a conditional or implicational relationship between two statements.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Protestant work ethic

The Protestant work ethic, also known as the Calvinist work ethic or the Puritan work ethic, is a work ethic concept in sociology, economics, and history.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Sociological theory

A sociological theory is a that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective,Macionis, John and Linda M. Gerber. Causation (sociology) and sociological theory are sociological terminology.

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Sociology

Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.

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Spurious relationship

In statistics, a spurious relationship or spurious correlation is a mathematical relationship in which two or more events or variables are associated but not causally related, due to either coincidence or the presence of a certain third, unseen factor (referred to as a "common response variable", "confounding factor", or "lurking variable").

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causation_(sociology)

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