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    Frederick S. Ellett Jr. & David P. Ericson

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Ellett, F.S., Ericson, D.P. Probabilistic causal systems and the conditional probability approach to causal analysis. Qual Quant 18, 247–259 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00156458

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