Testing hypotheses about direction of causation using cross-sectional family data
dc.contributor.author | Hewitt, J. K. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kendler, Kenneth S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Heath, Andrew C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kessler, Ronald C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Neale, Michael C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Eaves, Lindon J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T14:18:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T14:18:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Heath, A. C.; Kessler, R. C.; Neale, M. C.; Hewitt, J. K.; Eaves, L. J.; Kendler, K. S.; (1993). "Testing hypotheses about direction of causation using cross-sectional family data." Behavior Genetics 23(1): 29-50. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44109> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-3297 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0001-8244 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44109 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=8476389&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | We review the conditions under which cross-sectional family data (e.g., data on twin pairs or adoptees and their adoptive and biological relatives) are informative about direction of causation. When two correlated traits have rather different modes of inheritance (e.g., family resemblance is determined largely by family background for one trait and by genetic factors for the other trait), cross-sectional family data will allow tests of strong unidirectional causal hypotheses (A and B are correlated “because of the causal influence of A on B” versus “because of the causal influence of B on A”) and, under some conditions, also of the hypothesis of reciprocal causation. Possible sources of errors of inference are considered. Power analyses are reported which suggest that multiple indicator variables will be needed to ensure adequate power of rejecting false models in the presence of realistic levels of measurement error. These methods may prove useful in cases where conventional methods to establish causality, by intervention, by prospective study, or by measurement of instrumental variables, are infeasible economically, ethically or practically. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Biomedicine | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Human Genetics | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Neurosciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Twins | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Reciprocal Causation | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Genetics | en_US |
dc.title | Testing hypotheses about direction of causation using cross-sectional family data | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Biological Chemistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Genetics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Avenue, 63130, St. Louis, Missouri | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, 23298-0003, Richmond, Virginia | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, 23298-0003, Richmond, Virginia | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, 23298-0003, Richmond, Virginia; Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, 23298-0003, Richmond, Virginia | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, 23298-0003, Richmond, Virginia; Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, 23298-0003, Richmond, Virginia | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 8476389 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44109/1/10519_2005_Article_BF01067552.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01067552 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Behavior Genetics | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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