Causal Analysis in Biomedicine and Epidemiology
eBook - PDF

Causal Analysis in Biomedicine and Epidemiology

Based on Minimal Sufficient Causation

  1. 236 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Causal Analysis in Biomedicine and Epidemiology

Based on Minimal Sufficient Causation

About this book

"Provides current models, tools, and examples for the formulation and evaluation of scientific hypotheses in causal terms. Introduces a new method of model parametritization. Illustrates structural equations and graphical elements for complex causal systems."

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. Contents
  8. Special Symbols and Phrases
  9. 1. Orientation
  10. 2. What Is Causation?
  11. 3. Naïve Minimal Sufficient Cause
  12. 4. Events and Probabilities
  13. 5. Unitary Algebra
  14. 6. Nontrivial Implication
  15. 7. Tiny Examples
  16. 8. The One-Factor Model
  17. 9. Graphical Elements
  18. 10. Causations
  19. 11. Structural Equations
  20. 12. The Two-Factor Model
  21. 13. Down Syndrome Example
  22. 14. Marginalization
  23. 15. Stratification
  24. 16. Obesity Example
  25. 17. Attribution
  26. 18. Indirect Cause: Probabilities
  27. 19. Indirect Cause: Structures
  28. 20. Reversal
  29. 21. Gestational Diabetes Example
  30. 22. More Reversal
  31. 23. Double Reversal
  32. 24. Complex Indirect Cause
  33. 25. Dual Causation: Probabilities
  34. 26. Dual Causation: Structures
  35. 27. Paradoxical Causation
  36. 28. Interventions
  37. 29. Causal Covariance
  38. 30. Unitary Rates
  39. 31. Functional Causation
  40. 32. The Causation Operator
  41. 33. Causal Modeling
  42. 34. Dependence
  43. 35. DAG Theory
  44. 36. Epilogue
  45. 37. Further Reading
  46. Index