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Some statistical aspects of causality

A general review of approaches to causality is given from a statistical perspective. Three broad notions are distinguished. In the final part of the paper the challenges of reaching potentially causal representations are outlined for a study of some German political and social attitudes

N. Wermuth | D. Cox

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