Sentence examples for causal intervention from inspiring English sources

A typical example for causal intervention is the manipulation of a barometer (Pearl [2000]).

Then we would say that while force causes acceleration, the ratio f/a does not cause, or explain, mass, even though it does determine it (see the Epilogue of Pearl 2000 for a non-technical attempt at tackling the representation of causal intervention by algebraic notations).

For present purposes the key point was that the TMS provided a causal intervention at the targeted right PPC site.

The key point for present purposes is that TMS can provide a causal intervention (or "perturbation") for a targeted brain region.

However, if acupuncture is a causal intervention, investigators should be able to suggest a biological pathway, hypothesis or rationale for how it might work.

In contrast, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) offers a non-invasive means of targeting a particular brain region with a causal intervention and then examining the behavioural consequences (e.g. Pascual-Leone et al., 2000; Chambers & Mattingley, 2005).

Our findings illustrate the importance of using causal interventions to assess correlative evidence.

That is, the metaphors provided our participants with a structured framework for understanding crime in Addison, influenced the inferences that they made about the crime problem, and suggested different causal interventions for solving the problem.

Observing the distributional changes, and percentage changes in variance, that result from such artificial causal interventions assist in making more realistic error variance assessments.

Our results suggest that, if the relationship between depression and worse self-care is causal, interventions in youth may have more of an impact on diabetes self-care and control than interventions with adults.

If the relationship between air pollution and cognitive function is causal, interventions to reduce exposure could deliver substantial health benefits given the relatively high global levels and ubiquitous nature of the exposure.