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'Propensity-Score Methods and the Lenin School'

Cohen, Gidon

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Although social scientists often use propensity-score methods to study databases that contain substantial amounts of bias and missing information, these techniques have not been applied in the historical literature. This article uses propensity-score matching to investigate the impact of Moscow training on the selection of leadership cadres within Britain's Communist Party. These matching techniques can enable the quantitative analysis of a range of previously underutilized historical data.

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Cohen, G. (2005). 'Propensity-Score Methods and the Lenin School'. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 36(2), 209-232. https://doi.org/10.1162/0022195054741262

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2005-06
Deposit Date Mar 12, 2009
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Print ISSN 0022-1953
Publisher Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 36
Issue 2
Pages 209-232
DOI https://doi.org/10.1162/0022195054741262
Keywords Prosopography, Collective biography, Databases, Statistics, Communist International, Comintern.
Publisher URL http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_interdisciplinary_history/v036/36.2cohen.html

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