Title: A Primer on Causal Analysis
Authors: Finnian Lattimore, Cheng Soon Ong
Published: 5th June 2018 (Tuesday) @ 04:19:22
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1806.01488v1
Abstract
We provide a conceptual map to navigate causal analysis problems. Focusing on the case of discrete random variables, we consider the case of causal effect estimation from observational data. The presented approaches apply also to continuous variables, but the issue of estimation becomes more complex. We then introduce the four schools of thought for causal analysis