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Comment author: Vaniver 08 February 2016 01:15:09PM 17 points [-]

Pearl has a new book out: Causal Inference in Statistics: A Primer (with Glymour and Jewell also as authors), already available on Kindle and paperback coming out the 26th. You can find the Table of Contents and chapter previews here.

At 150 pages, 4 chapters, and with homework exercises, this looks like the introductory causality work that I've wanted to exist for a few years.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 13 February 2016 03:28:14AM *  3 points [-]

Just ordered it. Thank you.

EDIT: Paperback isn't expected to ship until 3/8/2016.

Comment author: ChristianKl 08 February 2016 02:37:28PM 2 points [-]

Do you suggest that people wanting to understand Pearl's work read that book before reading her older book?

Comment author: Vaniver 08 February 2016 03:23:26PM 5 points [-]

This is definitely meant to be read before his previous book.

Comment author: ChristianKl 08 February 2016 03:45:01PM 1 point [-]

Thanks for that straight answer.

Comment author: gwern 09 February 2016 04:20:44AM 0 points [-]

Sounds neat. I look forward to seeing what the reviews say.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 February 2016 10:00:28PM 3 points [-]

I've pre-ordered it, so expect a review in short order.

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