## Abstract Impact evaluations assess the degree to which changes in outcomes can be attributed to an intervention rather than to other factors. Such attribution requires knowing what outcomes would have looked like in the absence of the intervention. This counterfactual world can be inferred only
Counterfactual thinking and functional differences in depression
β Scribed by Ana Cristina Quelhas; Mick J. Power; Csongor Juhos; Jorge Senos
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 150 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1063-3995
- DOI
- 10.1002/cpp.593
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