Causal inference as a prediction problem: Assumptions, identification and evidence synthesis

Causality: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 43-58

  Greenland, Sander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accurate causal inference, of an as yet unobserved target; Causal inference as a prediction problem, and evidence synthesis; Causal inference, 'active prediction' consequences of alternative action; Causal inference, into framework of inference under missing data; Dawid and colleagues' DT formalization, variables as 'effect'; Formal causal models, precise causal meaning of associations; Heuristics, in dealing with dimensionality; Potential outcome and missing data, with counterfactual outcomes; statistical, treatment randomization, random selection and measurement error; Treatment prediction, as opposed to outcome prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957071662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119945710.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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