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Causal analysis is concerned with establishing quantitative measures of causal connection between variables. It does not prove that one variable causes another but, on the contrary, can only be applied if assumptions concerning the possible directions of causality between variables are made. Moreover, as we will see below, these are not the only assumptions necessary for its correct application.

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Birnbaum, I. (1981). The Theory of Causal Analysis. In: An Introduction to Causal Analysis in Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16466-0_1

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