Title 7.7. Testing Causal Path.pdf ✅

pacmann.io © 2022 – Pacmann AI 68 Testing Causal Path
pacmann.io © 2022 – Pacmann AI 69 ● Up until now, our focus has been on identifying paths between the Treatment and the Outcome variables. ● Example: ○ Wine → Lifespan Using Paths to Test Your Diagram
pacmann.io © 2022 – Pacmann AI 70 ● However, causal diagrams allow us to examine paths between ANY two variables in the diagram. ● Example : ○ Income → Wine → Drugs Using Paths to Test Your Diagram
pacmann.io © 2022 – Pacmann AI 71 ● However, causal diagrams allow us to examine paths between ANY two variables in the diagram. ● Example : ○ Income → Wine → Drugs Using Paths to Test Your Diagram ● This may not directly address our research question, which specifically concerns the paths between Treatment and Outcome ● But it can help us assess the validity of our diagram.