Causality: Statistical Perspectives and Applications (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470665564 ISBN 13: 9780470665565

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

A state of the art volume on statistical causality

Causality: Statistical Perspectives and Applications presents a wide-ranging collection of seminal contributions by renowned experts in the field, providing a thorough treatment of all aspects of statistical causality. It covers the various formalisms in current use, methods for applying them to specific problems, and the special requirements of a range of examples from medicine, biology and economics to political science.

This book:

• Provides a clear account and comparison of formal languages, concepts and models for statistical causality.
• Addresses examples from medicine, biology, economics and political science to aid the reader's understanding.
• Is authored by leading experts in their field.
• Is written in an accessible style.

Postgraduates, professional statisticians and researchers in academia and industry will benefit from this book.

About this title

About the Author

Carlo Berzuini and Philip Dawid, Statistical Labority, centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK. Luisa Bernardinelli, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK.

From the Back Cover

A state of the art volume on statistical causality

Causality: Statistical Perspectives and Applications presents a wide-ranging collection of seminal contributions by renowned experts in the field, providing a thorough treatment of all aspects of statistical causality. It covers the various formalisms in current use, methods for applying them to specific problems, and the special requirements of a range of examples from medicine, biology and economics to political science.

This book:

• Provides a clear account and comparison of formal languages, concepts and models for statistical causality.
• Addresses examples from medicine, biology, economics and political science to aid the reader's understanding.
• Is authored by leading experts in their field.
• Is written in an accessible style.

Postgraduates, professional statisticians and researchers in academia and industry will benefit from this book

Causality: Statistical Perspectives and Applications presents a wide-ranging collection of seminal contributions by renowned experts in the field, providing a thorough treatment of all aspects of statistical causality. It covers the various formalisms in current use, methods for applying them to specific problems, and the special requirements of a range of examples from medicine, biology and economics to political science.

This book:

• Provides a clear account and comparison of formal languages, concepts and models for statistical causality.
• Addresses examples from medicine, biology, economics and political science to aid the reader's understanding.
• Is authored by leading experts in their field.
• Is written in an accessible style.

Postgraduates, professional statisticians and researchers in academia and industry will benefit from this book

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470665564
• ISBN 13: 9780470665565
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Berzuini Carlo, Dawid Philip, Bernardinell Luisa