Correlational Data, Causal Hypotheses, and Validity

Journal for General Philosophy of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-107

  Russo, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal hypotheses; Causal modelling; Causation; Correlation; Intervention; Manipulationism; Mechanism; Recursive decomposition; Structural modelling; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959694129     PISSN: 09254560     EISSN: 15728587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10838-011-9157-x     Document Type: Article

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