A Crash Course in Good and Bad Controls

Many students of statistics and econometrics express frustration with the way a problem known as “bad control” is treated in the traditional literature. The issue arises when the addition of a variable to a regression equation produces an unintended discrepancy between the regression coefficient and...

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Published in:	Sociological methods & research Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 1071 - 1104
Main Authors:	Cinelli, Carlos, Forney, Andrew, Pearl, Judea
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.08.2024 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Causal models Discrepancies Econometrics Frustration Regression (Statistics) Statistics DAG causal inference bad controls regression back-door criterion
ISSN:	0049-1241, 1552-8294
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