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629548
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Causality : : statistical perspectives and applications /\ edited by Carlo Berzuini, Philip Dawid, Luisa Bernardinelli.
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| Series Statement
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Wiley series in probability and statistics
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1 online resource (xxv, 377 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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9781119945703 (electronic bk.)
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: 1119945704 (electronic bk.)
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: 9781119945710 (electronic bk.)
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: 1119945712 (electronic bk.)
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: 9781119941736 (electronic bk.)
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: 1119941733 (electronic bk.)
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9781119941743
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1119941741
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9780470665565 (hardback)
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0470665564 (hardback)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Statistical causality : some historical remarks -- The language of potential outcomes -- Structural equations, graphs and interventions -- The decision-theoretic approach to causal inference -- 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 -- Assessing dynamic treament stategies -- Causal effects and natural laws : towards a conceptualization of causal counterfactuals for nonmanipulable 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 -- Analysis of interaction for identifying causal mechanisms -- Ion channels as a possible mechanism of neruodegeneration in 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 randomised trials of complex interventions (psychotherapies) -- Causal inference in clinical trials -- Causal inference in time series analysis -- Dynamic molecular networks and mechanisms in the biosciences : a statistical framework
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| Abstract
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"This book looks at a broad collection of contributions from experts in their fields"--Provided by publisher
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| Subject
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Estimation theory.
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Causation.
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Causality (Physics)
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| Dewey Classification
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519.5/44
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QA276.8.C37 2012
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Berzuini, Carlo.
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Dawid, Philip.
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Bernardinelli, Luisa.
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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Wiley Online Library (Online service)
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