Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK -- Part I. Preliminaries -- Chapter 1. Questions about Questions -- Chapter 2. The Experimental Ideal -- Part II. The Core -- Chapter 3. Making Regression Make Sense -- Chapter 4. Instrumental...

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