[MAINT] Refactor any dependencies on independence tests to use optional dependency `pywhy-stats`

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DoWhy is a Python library for causal inference that supports explicit modeling and testing of causal assumptions. DoWhy is based on a unified language for causal inference, combining causal graphical models and potential outcomes frameworks.

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[MAINT] Refactor any dependencies on independence tests to use optional dependency `pywhy-stats` #1033

Open adam2392 opened 1 year ago

adam2392 commented 1 year ago

Since v0.1 is released on pywhy-stats, we can start moving some stuff out of dowhy. Specifically:

https://github.com/py-why/dowhy/tree/main/dowhy/gcm/independence_test entire folder can be removed once we have feature parity
refactor any areas that depend on the above to instead use pywhy-stats

cc: @bloebp