Causal Inference: What If

Hernán, M. A., & Robins, J. M. (2020). Causal Inference: What If: What If. Chapman & Hall/CRC.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

2020

Link

https://miguelhernan.org/whatifbook

Cited from

statistics_experimental_design

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Primes

• Confounding

  • This sourceHernán-Robins modern comprehensive causal-inference textbook potential-outcomes framework.

Mechanisms

• Partial-Correlation or Residual Probe
  • The discipline: pre-specify Z from a causal diagram, watch for colliders, and report the result as evidence about directness, not a causal verdict.

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