Causal diagrams and change variables

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-148

  Shahar, Eyal ^a   Shahar, Doron J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal diagrams; Change score; Change variables; Directed acyclic graphs

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL MODELING; CRITERION VARIABLE; INTUITION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY);

EID: 84855529739     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01540.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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