Covariate selection for estimating the causal effect of control plans by using causal diagrams

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 209-222

  Kuroki, Manabu ^a   Miyakawa, Masami ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back door criterion; Conditional plan; Optimal plan; Regression model; Total effect; Unconditional plan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141688082     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00381     Document Type: Article

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