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Causal Inference in R: A book!
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Explicitly state DAG includes all (relevant) paths #237

Open LucyMcGowan opened 6 months ago

LucyMcGowan commented 6 months ago

Maybe a box in the DAG chapter saying something like:

In its purest form, a DAG represents the full causal structure for variables of interest. That is, if only one arrow enters a variable, that means that variable is fully explained by only the factor on the other end, if two arrows enter a variable, the variable is fully explained by only the two factors on the other end of the two arrows, and so on. In practice, DAGs must at least capture all of the paths that could impact the causal estimand of interest.