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4 - Causal Queries

from Part I - Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2023

Macartan Humphreys
Affiliation:
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
Alan M. Jacobs
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Summary

This chapter defines causal questions in the language of causal models. We describe major families of causal queries, including case-level queries about causes of effects, case-level attribution, population-level effects, and effects along causal pathways. We show how these can all be defined as queries about the values of nodes in a causal model.

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Integrated Inferences
Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research
, pp. 74 - 99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Causal Queries
  • Macartan Humphreys, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Alan M. Jacobs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Integrated Inferences
  • Online publication: 13 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316718636.006
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  • Causal Queries
  • Macartan Humphreys, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Alan M. Jacobs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Integrated Inferences
  • Online publication: 13 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316718636.006
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  • Causal Queries
  • Macartan Humphreys, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Alan M. Jacobs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Integrated Inferences
  • Online publication: 13 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316718636.006
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