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front-door criterion: a standalone construct

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Causal inference

a graphical rule identifying a causal effect through a fully mediating variable even when the treatment-outcome confounder is unmeasured.

In causal inference, front-door criterion refers to a graphical rule identifying a causal effect through a fully mediating variable even when the treatment-outcome confounder is unmeasured. This meaning comes from Pearl (1995) in Biometrika.[1]

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References

  1. Pearl, J. (1995). Causal diagrams for empirical research. Biometrika, 82(4), 669-688. https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/82.4.669

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