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An assumption that all common causes of the measured variables have been measured.
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The assumption that no relevant common cause has been left unmeasured.Use when evaluating whether a causal model includes all common causes needed for its conclusions.
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The assumed causal sufficiency of the graph was doubtful because key family-level confounders were unmeasured.
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- causal sufficiency
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