Pearson's wrong turning: Against statistical measures of causal efficacy

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 900-912

  Northcott, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 33947424341     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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