From Association to Causation via Regression

Advances in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-110

  Freedman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030672702     PISSN: 01968858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aama.1996.0501     Document Type: Article

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