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Department,University of California,Los Angeles,California 90024,U.S.A.  \n## SUMMARY\n\nThe primary aim of this paper is to show how graphical models can be used as amathematical language for integrating statistical and subject-matter information.In par-ticular,the paper develops a principled,nonparametric framework for causal inference,inwhich diagrams are queried to determine if the assumptions available are sufficient foridentifying causal effects from nonexperimental data.If so the diagrams can be queriedto produce mathematical expressions for causal effects in terms of observed distributions;otherwise,the diagrams can be queried to suggest additional observations or auxiliaryexperiments from which the desired inferences can be obtained.  \nSome key words:Causal inference;Graph model;Structural equations;Treatment efect.  \n## 1.INTRODUCTION\n\nThe tools introduced in this paper are aimed at helping researchers communicate quali-tative assumptions about cause-effect relationships,elucidate the ramifications of suchassumptions,and derive causal inferences from a combination of assumptions,experi-ments,and data.  \nThe basic philosophy of the proposed method can best be illustrated through the classi-cal example due to Cochran(Wainer,1989).Consider an experiment in which soil fumi-gants,X,are used to increase oat crop yields,Y,by controlling the eelworm population,Z,but may also have direct effects,both beneficial and adverse,on yields beside the controlof eelworms.We wish to assess the total effect of the fumigants on yields when this studyis complicated by several factors.First,controlled randomised experiments are infeasible:farmers insist on deciding for themselves which plots are to be fumigated.Secondly,farmers'choice of treatment depends on last year's eelworm population,Z₀,an unknownquantity strongly correlated with this year's population.Thus we have a classical case ofconfounding bias,which interferes with the assessment of treatment effects,regardlessof sample size.Fortunately,through laboratory analysis of soil samples,we can determinethe eelworm populations before and after the treatment and,furthermore,because thefumigants are known to be active for a short period only,we can safely assume that theydo not affect the growth of eelworms surviving the treatment.Instead,eelworm growthdepends on the population of birds and other predators,which is correlated,in turn,withlast year's eelworm population and hence with the treatment itself.  \nThe method proposed in this paper permits the investigator to translate complex con-siderations of this sort into a formal language,thus facilitating the following tasks.  \n(i)Explicate the assumptions underlying the model.  \nJUDEA PEARL  \n(ii)Decide whether the assumptions are sufficient for obtaining consistent estimates ofthe target quantity:the total effect of the fumigants on yields.  \n(iii)If the answer to (ii)is affirmative,provide a closed-form expression for the targetquantity,in terms of distributions of observed quantities.  \n(iv)If the answer to(ii)is negative,suggest a set of observations and experiments which,if performed,would render a consistent estimate feasible.  \nThe first step in this analysis is to construct a causal diagram such as the one given inFig.1,which represents the investigator's understanding of the major causal influencesamong measurable quantities in the domain.The quantities Z₁,Z₂and Z₃denote,respect-ively,the eelworm population,both size and type,before treatment,after treatment,andat the end of the season.Quantity Zorepresents last year's eelworm population;becauseit is an unknown quantity,it is represented by a hollow circle,as is B,the population ofbirds and other predators.Links in the diagram are of two kinds:those that connectunmeasured quantities are designated by dashed arrows,those connecting measured quan-tities by solid arrows.The 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