Theories of causation, counterfactuals, intervention vs. passive observation. Path diagrams, conditional independence and d-separation. Model equivalence and causal under-determination. Topics include graphical and matrix representations of social networks, sampling methods, statistical analysis of network data, and applications. Reitman Examination of current substantive topics in organizational and industrial sociology.
Content varies according to recent developments in the field and the interests of the instructor.
Special topics in statistics and the social sciences.