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

Cited by

4 citations across 3 artifacts.

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Primes

• Confounding

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

Mechanisms

• Certainty & Causality Inflation Check
  • The error it exists to catch is the oldest one in inference: treating correlation as causation.

    This sourceDistinguishes causal effects from observed associations and explains why association does not by itself establish causation.

• 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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