On a class of bias-amplifying variables that endanger effect estimates

Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, UAI 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 417-424

  Pearl, Judea ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; NON-LINEAR MODEL; SIMPLE DERIVATIONS; TREATMENT SELECTION;

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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