Confounding in Causal Inference

Wei Pan

ISBN 10: 3838335392 / ISBN 13: 9783838335391

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Dez 2009, 2009

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Neuware -Causal inference is an important but controversial topic in the social sciences in that it is difficult to statistically control for all possible confounding variables. To address this concern, this monograph introduces a reference distribution of the confounding that is the product of two dependent correlation coefficients and illustrates how to use the reference distribution to investigate the robustness of a cause inference to the impact of a confounding variable. The methodology discussed in this monograph would also allow for multiple partial causes in the complex social phenomena under study, so as to inform causal inferences in the social sciences from statistical linear models.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Confounding in Causal Inference
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Dez 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838335392
• ISBN 13: 9783838335391
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 6D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 161 grams

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Causal inference is an important but controversial topic in the social sciences in that it is difficult to statistically control for all possible confounding variables. To address this concern, this monograph introduces a reference distribution of the confounding that is the product of two dependent correlation coefficients and illustrates how to use the reference distribution to investigate the robustness of a cause inference to the impact of a confounding variable. The methodology discussed in this monograph would also allow for multiple partial causes in the complex social phenomena under study, so as to inform causal inferences in the social sciences from statistical linear models.