causal direction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcausalanddirection
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causal
adjective
uk/ˈkɔː.zəl/us/ˈkɑː.zəl/
a relationship, link, etc. between two things in which one causes ...
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direction
noun
uk/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition ofcausalanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Untangling thecausaldirectionallows us to investigate whether political conversation makes good citizens, or whether it is good citizens who engage in political conversation.
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But we do not know for certain itscausaldirection.
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A developmental approach might help us better infer thecausaldirectionbetween language-thought links.
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Further, even if confounds are adequately controlled, it is possible that the sequence of initiation may not tell the whole story ofcausaldirection.
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However, such correlations raise the issue ofcausaldirection, third factors, and the nature of any influence.
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In consequence, the models allow us to check oncausaldirectionin the relationship between conversation and democratically desirable attitudes.
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It is important to note that the correlational nature of our data makes it impossible to firmly establish thecausaldirectionamong our study variables.
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First, with respect to ambiguities aboutcausaldirection, we must recognise that children's social understanding necessarily develops in the context of their social experience.
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To addresscausaldirection, we used cumulative averages of predictor variables 6 months before disease progression or mortality was assessed.
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The implication of this study is that thecausaldirectionis more likely from network to the respondent, rather than the reverse.
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A fourth caution for interpreting the data involves the establishment ofcausaldirectionof relationships evidenced in this study.
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Thecausaldirectionof the chronic pain-depression relationship is still unclear and cannot be resolved using the cross-sectional data that comprise most research studies.
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A good deal of scientific effort has gone into testing thecausaldirectionof the correlation between hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior.
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There are then two case studies, one about the direction of the relation between taxes and government spending and the second on thecausaldirectionbetween money and prices.
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And in thecausaldirectionof social person to social world, most intentional states underlying a person's everyday actions are directed at caring for his or her inalienable possessions.
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However, we need to consider the fact that the correlational nature of our data does not allow us to establish thecausaldirectionof such a relation.
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The use of temporal data can permit statistical tests of a pre-existing theory ofcausaldirection.
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Other scholars have concluded that thecausaldirectionof partisanship must be questioned.
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This conclusion highlights the limitations of passive longitudinal research for establishing causal directions.
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