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Propensity-Score Methods and the Lenin School
- Journal of Interdisciplinary History
- The MIT Press
- Volume 36, Number 2, Autumn 2005
- pp. 209-232
- Article
- Additional Information
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 under-utilized historical data.