Distortion of effects caused by indirect confounding

Biometrika

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-33

  Wermuth, Nanny ^a   Cox, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graphical Markov model; Identification; Independence graph; Linear least squares regression; Parameter equivalence; Recursive regression graph; Structural equation model; Triangular system

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249119780     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asm092     Document Type: Article

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