TY - BOOK AU - Berzuini,Carlo AU - Dawid,Philip AU - Bernardinelli,Luisa ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Causality: statistical perspectives and applications T2 - Wiley series in probability and statistics AV - QA276.8 .C38 2012 U1 - 519.5/44 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. PB - Wiley KW - Estimation theory KW - Causation KW - Causality (Physics) KW - Electronic books N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries N2 - "This book looks at a broad collection of contributions from experts in their fields"-- UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=927597 ER -