A calculus for causal inference with instrumental variables

2021/04/21 by Wing Hung Wong, Wong, Wing Hung
Mathematics · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Mathematics #Methodology (stat.ME) #Statistics Theory (math.ST) #math.ST #stat.ME #stat.TH

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2104.10633

10 pages

arxiv created 2021/04/23 · arxiv updated 2021/04/26

Abstract

Under a general structural equation framework for causal inference, we provide a definition of the causal effect of a variable X on another variable Y, and propose an approach to estimate this causal effect via the use of instrumental variables.

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