The logic of causal order
By: James A. Davis.
Series: A Sage university paper. Quantitative applications in the social sciences -- no. 07-055.; Sage university papers series -- no. 07-055.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Beverly Hills
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
Description: Prof. Davis spells out the logical principles that underlie our ideas of causality and explains how to discover causal direction, irrespective of the statistical technique used. He stresses that knowledge of the 'real world' is important and that causal problems cannot be solved by statistical calculations alone.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 71.