ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2016
Commentary: Counterfactual causation and streetlamps: what is to be done?
Article in International journal of epidemiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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- The Epidemiologic Toolbox: Identifying, Honing, and Using the Right Tools for the Job.American journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- Win-Win: Reconciling Social Epidemiology and Causal Inference.American journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- Is the Smog Lifting?: Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2019Article
- Obtaining Actionable Inferences from Epidemiologic Actions.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2019Article
- DAG-informed regression modelling, agent-based modelling and microsimulation modelling: a critical comparison of methods for causal inference.International journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
- Epidemiology at a time for unity.International journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- On Well-defined Hypothetical Interventions in the Potential Outcomes Framework.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2018Article
- The C-Word: Scientific Euphemisms Do Not Improve Causal Inference From Observational Data.American journal of public health · 2018Article
- On wagging tales about causal inference.International journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
- For and Against Methodologies: Some Perspectives on Recent Causal and Statistical Inference Debates.European journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
- Response: Formalism or pluralism? A reply to commentaries on 'Causality and causal inference in epidemiology'.International journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
- Causal inference-so much more than statistics.International journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
- Author's reply: The role of potential outcomes thinking in assessing mediation and interaction.International journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
- Does water kill? A call for less casual causal inferences.Annals of epidemiology · 2016Review
- Avoidance of causality outside experiments: Hypotheses from cognitive dissonance reduction.Science progressArticle
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