R: Backdoor criterion

backdoor {lava} | R Documentation

## Backdoor criterion

### Description

Check backdoor criterion of a lvm object

### Usage

    backdoor(object, f, cond, ..., return.graph = FALSE)

### Arguments

`object` | lvm object
`f` | formula. Conditioning, z, set can be given as y~x|z
`cond` | Vector of variables to conditon on
`...` | Additional arguments to lower level functions
`return.graph` | Return moral ancestral graph with z and effects from x removed

### Examples

    m <- lvm(y~c2,c2~c1,x~c1,m1~x,y~m1, v1~c3, x~c3,v1~y,
             x~z1, z2~z1, z2~z3, y~z3+z2+g1+g2+g3)
    ll <- backdoor(m, y~x)
    backdoor(m, y~x|c1+z1+g1)

[Package lava version 1.5.1 Index]