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HCHenry

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What is the "reverse causality" problem in determining cause and effect?


◦ It is a problem that occurs when one concludes that a change in variable 
X caused a change in variable 
Y when in actual fact, it is a change in variable 
Z that caused a change in variable 
Y.
◦ It is a problem that occurs when one observes that a change in variable
 X caused a change in variable 
Y which caused a change in variable Z and concludes that a change in variable 
X caused a change in variable 
Z.
◦ It is a problem that occurs when one concludes that a change in variable 
X caused a change in variable 
Y when in actual fact, it is a change in variable 
Y that caused a change in variable 
X. 
◦ It is a problem that arises when two variables are inter-connected so that a change in variable 
X causes a change in variable 
Y, and a change in variable 
Y causes a change in variable 
X.


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