Background
Davis, James Allan Allan was born on November 2, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Gibson and Mary Adelaide (McMurray) Davis.
( This monograph is not statistical. It looks instead at ...)
This monograph is not statistical. It looks instead at pre-statistical assumptions about dependent variables and causal order. Professor Davis spells out the logical principles that underlie our ideas of causality and explains how to discover causal direction, irrespective of the statistical technique used. He stresses throughout that knowledge of the "real world" is important and repeatedly challenges the myth that causal problems can be solved by statistical calculations alone.
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Davis, James Allan Allan was born on November 2, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Gibson and Mary Adelaide (McMurray) Davis.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1950. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955.
Research associate Harvard University School Public Health, 1954-1956. Assistant professor sociology Yale University, 1956-1957. Senior study director National Opinion Research Center, University Chicago, 1957-1967, assistant professor sociology, 1957-1964, associate professor, 1964-1967, director National Opinion Research Center, professor sociology, 1972-1975.
Professor Dartmouth College, 1967-1972, 75-77. Professor sociology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1977, chairperson department sociology, 1980-1983. Master Harvard University (Winthrop House), since 1979.
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Member American Sociological Association.
Married Martha Ann Hocking, January 28, 1950. Children: Mary, James, Andrew, Martha.