Model selection isn’t causal inference
Suchinta Arif
(suchinta.arif@dal.ca)
*1, Aaron MacNeil1(a.macneil@dal.ca)
*Corresponding author
1Dalhousie University, Department of Biology
Life Sciences Building,
1355 Oxford St. B3H 3Z1,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Running title: Model selection isn’t causal inference
Keywords: causal inference, cause-and-effect, model selection,
directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), back-door criterion
Statement of authorship: SA conceived the idea for this
viewpoint and led the drafting of the manuscript. All authors edited the
manuscript and collaboratively discussed their perspectives throughout
writing the manuscript.
Data accessibility statement: No new data were used in this
manuscript.
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