title: An introduction to causal inference.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Judea
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pearl
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015984:Causality; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012107:Research Design
keywords: causal effects; causes of effects; confounding; counterfactuals; graphical methods; mediation; policy evaluation; potential-outcome; structural equation models