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Halpern, Joseph Y.; Hitchcock, Christopher – Cognitive Science, 2013
Judea Pearl (2000) was the first to propose a definition of actual causation using causal models. A number of authors have suggested that an adequate account of actual causation must appeal not only to causal structure but also to considerations of "normality." In Halpern and Hitchcock (2011), we offer a definition of actual causation…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cognitive Science, Definitions, Correlation
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Lance, Charles E.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990
A causal model of halo error (HE) is derived. Three hypotheses are formulated to explain findings of negative HE. It is suggested that apparent negative HE may have been misinferred from existing correlational measures of HE, and that positive HE is more prevalent than had previously been thought. (SLD)
Descriptors: Causal Models, Correlation, Definitions, Equations (Mathematics)