The book of why: the new science of cause and effect

"Everyone has heard the claim, "Correlation does not imply causation." What might sound like a reasonable dictum metastasized in the twentieth century into one of science's biggest obstacles, as a legion of researchers became unwilling to make the claim that one thing could cause...

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Main Authors: Pearl, Judea 1936- (Author), Mackenzie, Dana (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Basic Books May 2018
Edition:First edition
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Everyone has heard the claim, "Correlation does not imply causation." What might sound like a reasonable dictum metastasized in the twentieth century into one of science's biggest obstacles, as a legion of researchers became unwilling to make the claim that one thing could cause another. Even two decades ago, asking a statistician a question like "Was it the aspirin that stopped my headache?" would have been like asking if he believed in voodoo, or at best a topic for conversation at a cocktail party rather than a legitimate target of scientific inquiry. Scientists were allowed to posit only that the probability that one thing was associated with another. This all changed with Judea Pearl, whose work on causality was not just a victory for common sense, but a revolution in the study of the world"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index, Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Physical Description:x, 418 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780465097609
046509760X

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