The use of Bayes nets and graphical causal models in the investigation of human learning of causal relations, and in modeling and inference in cognitive psychology.
In recent years, small groups of statisticians, computer scientists, and philosophers have developed an account of how partial causal knowledge can be used to compute the effect of actions and how causal relations can be learned, at least by computers. The representations used in the emerging theory are causal Bayes nets or graphical causal models.
In his new book, Clark Glymour provides an informal introduction to the basic assumptions, algorithms, and techniques of causal Bayes nets and graphical causal models in the context of psychological examples. He demonstrates their potential as a powerful tool for guiding experimental inquiry and for interpreting results in developmental psychology, cognitive neuropsychology, psychometrics, social psychology, and studies of adult judgment. Using Bayes net techniques, Glymour suggests novel experiments to distinguish among theories of human causal learning and reanalyzes various experimental results that have been interpreted or misinterpreted―without the benefit of Bayes nets and graphical causal models. The capstone illustration is an analysis of the methods used in Herrnstein and Murray's book The Bell Curve; Glymour argues that new, more reliable methods of data analysis, based on Bayes nets representations, would lead to very different conclusions from those advocated by Herrnstein and Murray.

The Mind's Arrows: Bayes Nets and Graphical Causal Models in Psychology

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Glymour, Clark N.

Psychology & Counseling

Bradford Books

The description for this book, Theory and Evidence, will be forthcoming.

Theory and Evidence

Reference

Princeton Univ Pr

This book arose from the proceedings of two small conferences: one held in Minneapolis under the aupices of the Minneasota Center for the Philosophy of Science, the other held in Andover under the auspices of the Boston University Institute of Relativity Studies.

Foundations of Space Time Theories (Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science)

Science & Math

Earman, John

Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science

Conference on Absolute and Relational Theories of Space and Space-Time, Boston University, 1974

Stachel, John J.

Conference on the Foundations of Space-Time Theories, Minneapolis, Minn., 1974

History & Philosophy

Univ of Minnesota Pr

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