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Political methodology

choosing cases for study because of their outcome values, which can distort or reverse the apparent relationship between causes and outcomes.

In political methodology, selection on the dependent variable refers to choosing cases for study because of their outcome values, which can distort or reverse the apparent relationship between causes and outcomes. This meaning comes from Geddes (1990) in Political Analysis.[1]

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References

Geddes, B. (1990). How the Cases You Choose Affect the Answers You Get: Selection Bias in Comparative Politics. Political Analysis, 2, 131-150. https://doi.org/10.1093/pan/2.1.131

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