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Peer reviewedCampbell, Donald T. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
Regression artifacts are a source of mistaken causal inference in inferences based on time-series data and from longitudinal studies. These artifacts are illustrated, and it is noted that their magnitude is computable (and distinguishable from genuine effects) if the autocorrelation patterns for various lags is known. (SLD)
Descriptors: Causal Models, Evaluation Methods, Longitudinal Studies, Regression (Statistics)
