Graphical models for causation, and the identification problem

Evaluation Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-293

  Freedman, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causation; Graphical models; Identification; Invariance under intervention; Linear models

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4043164306     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X04266432     Document Type: Article

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