Causality statistical perspectives and applications /

Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Dawid, Philip.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley, 2012.
Series:Wiley series in probability and statistics
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10580236
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300 |a xxv, 377 p. :  |b ill. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
650 0 |a Estimation theory. 
650 0 |a Causation. 
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