Adjustments and their Consequences-Collapsibility Analysis using Graphical Models

DOI10.1111/j.1751-5823.2011.00158.xzbMath1238.62070MaRDI QIDQ2889637

Judea Pearl, Sander Greenland

Publication date: 8 June 2012

Published in: International Statistical Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3ng2r0sm

zbMATH Keywords

causality; bias; instrumental variables; odds ratio; confounding; compliance; causal models; mediation analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62H20: Measures of association (correlation, canonical correlation, etc.)

05C90: Applications of graph theory

62A09: Graphical methods in statistics

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Uses Software

• ElemStatLearn

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