Causation and Association

Causation and AssociationDwi Agustian21/09/2015

Cause?is an antecedent event, condition, or characteristic that was necessary for the occurrence of the disease at the moment it occurred, given that other conditions are fixed.

Cause?had the event, condition, or characteristic been different, the disease either would not have occurred at all or would not have occurred until some later time.

Constellation of component causes

Road AccidentReckless drivingbad road constructionOld tiresHeavy rain

Causal vs non causal association

Roadmap to causal inference

Five criteria of causationConsistencyStrengthSpecificityTemporal relationshipCoherence