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Graphical Causal Models for Survey Inference 调查推断的图形因果模型
Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2019-11-27 DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/hbg3m
Julian Schuessler, Peter Selb
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引用次数: 6
Bounding Causes of Effects With Mediators 用中介约束因果关系
Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2019-06-30 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211036161
P. Dawid, M. Humphreys, M. Musio
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引用次数: 5
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