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Causality: Some statistical aspects. (English) Zbl 1002.62502

Summary: After some brief historical comments on statistical aspects of causality two current views are outlined and their limitations sketched. One definition is that causality is a statistical association that cannot be explained away by confounding variables and the other is based on a link with notions in the design of experiments. The importance of underlying processes or mechanisms is stressed. Implications for empirical statistical analysis are discussed.

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62A01 Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics
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