reverse causality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreverseandcausality
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reverse
adjective[before noun]
uk/rɪˈvɜːs/us/rɪˈvɝːs/
opposite to what has just happened, or to what is usual ...
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causality
noun[U]
uk/kɔːˈzæl.ə.ti/us/kɑːˈzæl.ə.t̬i/
the principle that there is a cause for everything ...
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(Definition ofreverseandcausalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofreverse causality
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To avoid spurious associations and to identifyreversecausality, longitudinal studies are necessary to establish the chronology of cessation of breastfeeding to growth faltering.
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Contrary to expectation, men were overrepresented among those with the fewest social roles, raising the possibility thatreversecausalitycontributed to our findings.
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The arguments concerningreversecausalityand the studies that this problem calls into question will not be discussed here.
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Prospective studies are less prone to selection biases and, perhaps more importantly in this case, less prone toreversecausalityissues.
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However, this is an overadjustment since the cross-sectional association reflects not only effects of reporting bias andreversecausalitybut also unbiased effects (mechanism 3).
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In addition to the problems ofreversecausality, few studies have adequately controlled for potential confounding factors.
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An examination of possiblereversecausalitywas also carried out by modelling the effect of time 1 symptoms on time 2 small primary group size.
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The calibration of the analysis may determine the results, the problem ofreversecausalityand the difficulties of distinguishing correlation and cause remain unresolved and in fact undiscussed.
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First, controlling for these variables may artificially reduce the remaining variance in depression that could be predicted, and second, the analytic technique employed could not rule outreversecausality.
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Brasselle et al. (2002) undertake an empirical study that accommodates explicitly the possiblereversecausalitybetween investment and land tenure security.
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Reversecausalityis also possible as illness, whether psychiatric or somatic, may lead to increased neuroticism (mechanism 4).
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This is an early example ofreversecausality.
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There is also possibility ofreversecausalityfrom poor health to unemployment.
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Reversecausalityis a potential explanation; that is, soil chemistry differences may be a result rather than an agent of die-off.
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For thereversecausality, on the other hand, the authors do not find evidence that more active intervention in foreign exchange markets (i.e., more fixing) leads to higher liability dollarization.
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