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Autore: | Berzuini Carlo |
Titolo: | Causality [[electronic resource] ] : statistical perspectives and applications / / edited by Carlo Berzuini, Philip Dawid, Luisa Bernardinelli |
Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina: | 519.5/44 |
Soggetto topico: | Estimation theory |
Causation | |
Causality (Physics) | |
Classificazione: | MAT029000 |
Altri autori: | BerzuiniCarlo DawidPhilip BernardinelliLuisa |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "This book looks at a broad collection of contributions from experts in their fields"-- |
Titolo autorizzato: | Causality |
ISBN: | 1-119-94173-3 |
1-280-67923-9 | |
9786613656162 | |
1-119-94571-2 | |
1-119-94570-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910139088403321 |
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