Cause and Correlation in Biology : A User's Guide to Path Analysis, Structural Equations and Causal Inference

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Summary: Great methods!
Review: This book is one of the best in the subject and its approaches to causality are very straight forward, and uses interesting algorithms. This book is very clear, and the authors takes you stsep by step in order to perform causal analysis. I used this books in a course, and I really enjoyed its simplicity.

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Summary: Path analysis and structural equation modeling
Review: This is an excellent guidebook to path analysis and structural equations for biologists. The text is very readable (and even amusing in spots). There is interesting background on the development of path analysis and SEM, as well as thoughtful explanations of how these analyses can link hypotheses of causality to probability theory. New techniques for model testing are introduced that may add additional utility to the statistical method. I found it to be a thoughtful and thorough introduction to a potentially powerful new technique in biology and ecology.