ns(): compute a judgment with the NS model.

This function computes a NS judgment on the basis of a probability distribution over counterfactual worlds

Usage

ns(var, outcome, actual_world, d, causal_model)

Arguments

var

Character string giving the candidate cause variable.

outcome

Character string giving the outcome variable.

actual_world

A named list specifying the values of variables in the actual world.

d

The dataframe containing the probability distribution over counterfactual worlds.

causal_model

A named list specifying the causal model.

Value

A numeric causal judgment.