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Back-door Criterion

The Back-Door Criterion is a formal condition in causal graphical models that identifies a set of covariates which, when adjusted for, suffices to eliminate confounding bias by blocking all back-door paths from the treatment variable to the outcome variable while not introducing new spurious associations.

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2017–2026

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Using causal diagrams to guide analysis in missing data problems

Rhian Daniel, Michael G. Kenward, Simon Cousens et al. · Statistical Methods in Medical Research · 2011 · 160 citations

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A Mechanism-Based Approach to the Identification of Age–Period–Cohort Models

Christopher Winship, David J. Harding · Sociological Methods & Research · 2008 · 121 citations · Full text

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Causal inference for statistical fault localization

George K. Baah, Andy Podgurski, Mary Jean Harrold · 2010 · 117 citations

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The Shelter‐Related Behavior of the Losbter, Homarus Americanus

J. Stanley Cobb · Ecology · 1971 · 104 citations

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Recovering from Selection Bias in Causal and Statistical Inference

Elias Bareinboim, Jin Tian, Judea Pearl · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · 2014 · 92 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. EB
    Elias Bareinboim

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    3 publications · 149 citations

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  2. JT
    Jin Tian

    Iowa State University, United States

    3 publications · 149 citations

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  3. JP
    Judea Pearl

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 126 citations

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  4. MK
    Manabu Kuroki

    Fukuoka University, Japan

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  5. YJ
    Yonghan Jung

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    2 publications · 57 citations

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Institutions

55

  1. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    149 citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    218 citations

  3. The University of Osaka

    Osaka, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  4. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  5. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  7. Azienda Ospedaliera Carlo Poma

    Mantova, Italy

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  8. Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo

    Messina, Italy

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

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  1. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

    Conference · 3 publications · 149 citations

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  2. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 20 citations

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  3. Past & Present

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. CentAUR (University of Reading)

    Repository · 1 publications · 13 citations

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