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Measuring Variables and Causal Effects: Offense-Defense Theory
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: Jeffrey W. Taliaferro
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Force and Strategy
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Background
Jervis's Four Worlds
Background (cont.)
Criteria for Good Theories
Criteria for Good Theories (cont.)
Specifying the IV and the DV
Specifying the IV and the DV
Prominent Versions of ODT
Van Evera’s Version of ODT
Van Evera's 10 Causal Paths
Van Evera’s ODT
Van Evera’s Version of ODT (cont.)
Van Evera’s ODT
Criticisms by Davis, Finel, and Goddard
Keir Lieber’s Criticism
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