The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

2020/01/02 by Peter M. Aronow, Fredrik Sävje · 3 voices · 1 citation
Decision Sciences · Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews #Data Analysis with R #Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems

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Abstract

Book review published as: Aronow, Peter M. and Fredrik S"avje (2020), "The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 115: 482-485.

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Discussions

• "Sensitivity analyses can remain agnostic about [causal] structure. This is one reason they are useful; they adjudicate debates bc people can agree on validity w/out reaching full agreement on what co [bsky, 53 points, 3 comments]
• arxiv.org/abs/2003.11635 have you seen this [bsky, 14 points, 2 comments]
• P Aronow and Fredrik Sävje's review of "Book of Why." A really great short read. arxiv.org/abs/2003.1... #statsky #polisky [bsky, 11 points, 0 comments]

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