Rediscovering and confronting critical ambiguities in the determination of causality

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-200

  Goldenberg, Sheldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causality; Spuriousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032392568     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004355008392     Document Type: Article

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