Causal Analysis in Biomedicine and Epidemiology : Based on Minimal Sufficient Causation /: Based on Minimal Sufficient Causation. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mikel Aickin.
• Authors: Aickin, Mikel
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Special Symbols and Phrases; 1. Orientation; 2. What Is Causation?; 3. Naïve Minimal Sufficient Cause; References; 4. Events and Probabilities; 5. Unitary Algebra; 6. Nontrivial Implication; Reference; 7. Tiny Examples; 8. The One-Factor Model; References; 9. Graphical Elements; Reference; 10. Causations; 11. Structural Equations; 12. The Two-Factor Model; 13. Down Syndrome Example; 14. Marginalization; 15. Stratification; 16. Obesity Example; 17. Attribution; 18. Indirect Cause: Probabilities 19. Indirect Cause: StructuresReferences; 20. Reversal; Reference; 21. Gestational Diabetes Example; 22. More Reversal; 23. Double Reversal; 24. Complex Indirect Cause; 25. Dual Causation: Probabilities; Reference; 26. Dual Causation: Structures; 27. Paradoxical Causation; Reference; 28. Interventions; References; 29. Causal Covariance; 30. Unitary Rates; 31. Functional Causation; Reference; 32. The Causation Operator; 33. Causal Modeling; 34. Dependence; 35. DAG Theory; References; 36. Epilogue; Reference; 37. Further Reading; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 610/.7/27; Medical statistics; Medicine -- Data processing; Medical informatics; Epidemiology; Epidemiology; Medical informatics; Medical statistics; Medicine -- Data processing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482275773; 1482275775
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