Statistical variable selection and causality in the social and behavioral sciences

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• What: The paper examines seven such formal procedures using a simulated data set with known causal relations. This approach has a close cousin in the general to specific model approach (GETS) of Hendry and others in macroeconometrics. 4 Sketches of some positive alternatives I think the main goal of the paper-to show that some common statistical practices in the social sciences are not reliable for causal inference-has been established.
• Who: Harold Kincaid from the School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Vol:(0123456789) have published the research: Statistical variable . . .
  

   

  

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