Causal Directed Acyclic Graphs
Ari M. Lipsky, Sander Greenland
Abstract
This JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods discusses the basics of causal directed acyclic graphs, which are useful tools for communicating researchers’ understanding of the potential interplay among variables and are commonly used for mediation analysis.
Topics & Concepts
Directed acyclic graphMedicineMediationCausal analysisRisk analysis (engineering)AlgorithmLawPolitical scienceComputer scienceCognitive Science and MappingMental Health Research TopicsAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques