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Appropriate questions about causal inference from “direction of causation” analyses
J. J. McArdle,
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J. J. McArdle
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Jefferson Psychometric Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901Search for more papers by this authorJ. J. McArdle,
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J. J. McArdle
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Jefferson Psychometric Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901Search for more papers by this author
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