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bad controls: a standalone construct

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badcontrols1 CONSTRUCTBad controlsCINELLI · CAUSAL INFERENCE

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Causal inference

covariates whose adjustment introduces or increases bias in an effect estimate, such as mediators, colliders or their descendants.

In causal inference, bad controls refers to covariates whose adjustment introduces or increases bias in an effect estimate, such as mediators, colliders or their descendants. This meaning comes from Cinelli (2022) in Sociological Methods & Research.[1]

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References

  1. Cinelli, C., Forney, A., & Pearl, J. (2022). A Crash Course in Good and Bad Controls. Sociological Methods & Research, 53(3), 1071-1104. https://doi.org/10.1177/00491241221099552

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