Resurrecting the Third Variable: A Critique of Pearl's Causal Analysis of Simpson's Paradox

DOI10.1080/00031305.2013.807750OpenAlexW2064032295MaRDI QIDQ5877621

Timothy W. Armistead

Publication date: 15 February 2023

Published in: The American Statistician (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2013.807750

zbMATH Keywords

causalityinferenceconfoundingintermediate variablespurious correlationreversal effect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistics (62-XX)

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