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Pearl, Judea – Sociological Methods & Research, 2017
We address the task of determining, from statistical averages alone, whether a population under study consists of several subpopulations, unknown to the investigator, each responding to a given treatment markedly differently. We show that such determination is feasible in three cases: (1) randomized trials with binary treatments, (2) models where…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Models, Social Science Research, Randomized Controlled Trials

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