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ERIC Number: EJ354522
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Toward a Conception of Causality Applicable to Experimentation and Causal Modeling.
Mulaik, Stanley A.
Child Development, v58 n1 p18-32 Feb 1987
Examines and rejects common criticisms of the causality concept; shows causality is a relation implied in the grammar of a language about objects. Discusses objective criteria for concepts of causal relations and explains how the concept of causality may be modified to have causes determine probabilities of outcomes. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Definitions, Etiology, Probability, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Statistical Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Causal Models; Conceptual Analysis; Structural Equation Methods; Theoretical Analysis; Theory Development
Note: Thematic Issue: Special Section on Structural Equation Modeling.