Causality statistical perspectives and applications / [electronic resource] :
edited by Carlo Berzuini, Philip Dawid, Luisa Bernardinelli.
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley, 2012.
- xxv, 377 p. : ill.
- Wiley series in probability and statistics .
- Wiley series in probability and statistics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"This book looks at a broad collection of contributions from experts in their fields"--
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Estimation theory.
Causation.
Causality (Physics)
Electronic books.
QA276.8 / .C38 2012eb
519.5/44
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"This book looks at a broad collection of contributions from experts in their fields"--
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Estimation theory.
Causation.
Causality (Physics)
Electronic books.
QA276.8 / .C38 2012eb
519.5/44