Open AccessOn the use of causal criteria
Author(s) -
Douglas L. Weed
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/26.6.1137
Subject(s) - causal inference , consistency (knowledge bases) , inference , causality (physics) , causal model , contrast (vision) , cognitive psychology , medicine , psychology , econometrics , computer science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics
Two recent accounts of the use of causal criteria make opposite claims: that criteria should be used more often to avoid bias in assessments of weak associations and, in direct contrast, that criteria are scientifically invalid.
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