Causality : statistical perspectives and applications /

"Causality: Statistical Perspectives and Applications presents a wide-ranging collection of seminal contributions by renowned experts in the field, providing a thorough treatment of all aspects of statistical causality. It covers the various formalisms in current use, methods for applying them...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bernardinelli, Luisa, Berzuini, Carlo, Dawid, Philip
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester : Wiley, 2012.
Series:Wiley Online Library.
Wiley series in probability and statistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Statistical causality : some historical remarks
  • The language of potential outcomes
  • Structural equations, graphs and interventions
  • The decision-theoretic approach to causal
  • Causal inference as a prediction problem : assumptions, identification, and evidence synthesis
  • Graph-based criteria of identifiability of causal questions
  • Causal inference from observational data : a Bayesian predictive approach
  • Causal inference from observing sequences of actions
  • Causal effects and natural laws : towards a conceptualization of causal counterfactuals
  • For non-manipulable exposures, with application to the effects of race and sex
  • Cross-classifications by joint potential outcomes
  • Estimation of direct and indirect effects
  • The mediation formula : a guide to the assessment of causal pathways in nonlinear models
  • The sufficient cause framework in statistics, philosophy and the biomedical and social sciences
  • Inference about biological mechanism on the basis of epidemiological data
  • Ion channels and multiple sclerosis
  • Supplementary variables for causal estimation
  • Time-varying confounding : some practical considerations in a likelihood framework
  • Natural experiments as a means of testing causal inferences
  • Nonreactive and purely reactive doses in observational studies
  • Evaluation of potential mediators in randomized trials of complex interventions (psychotherapies)
  • Causal inference in clinical trials
  • Granger causality and causal inference in time series analysis
  • Dynamic molecular networks and mechanisms iIn the biosciences : a statistical framework.