A non-parametric cause-effect testing for environmental variables - method and application.

ABSTRACT: Traditional similarity or resemblance indexes are insufficient to directly reveal the cause-effect relations between environmental variables. Even the typical regression methods are not persuasive enough, since they rely on the assumptions about the data distribution and thus they are not really suitable for small amount of data. In this research, we devise a method to measure the strength of cause and effect (SCE), which is then turned into a non-parametric statistic. By analysing the empirical environmental data from the European Union, we calculate the SCE of these related variables. In addition, by constructing the ranking space and calculating the statistic distribution, we further specify the critical levels and values to conduct the cause-effect testing of these variables. The resul

SUBMITTER: Chen RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9244047 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature