'Propensity-Score Methods and the Lenin School'

Cohen, Gidon

Abstract

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.

Citation

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 12, 2009
• Journal: Journal of Interdisciplinary History
• Print ISSN: 0022-1953
• Electronic ISSN: 1530-9169
• 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.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1609204
• Publisher URL: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_interdisciplinary_history/v036/36.2cohen.html