CAUSAL INFERENCE

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Nugent, Pam M.S.
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n. in psychology, refers to a manner of reasoning which permits an individual to see causal relationships in events and infer associations between and among them. These lead one to make conclusions (inferences) that are more likely to be true and justifed.

CAUSAL INFERENCE: "Causal inference is a process which has been reasoned out and concluded as to the most likely cause."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. CAUSAL ANALYSIS
  2. CAUSALITY
  3. CAUSAL CHAIN
  4. CAUSAL ANALYSIS
  5. CAUSAL ORDERING
  6. FALSE CAUSE
  7. CAUSAL PATH
  8. TRANSITIVE INFERENCE TASK
  9. JUDGMENT
  10. ASSOCIATION PSYCHOLOGY
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "CAUSAL INFERENCE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/causal-inference/ (accessed June 25, 2017).
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