Conditioning on a Collider May or May Not Explain the Relationship Between Lower Neuroticism and Premature Mortality in the Study by Gale Et Al. (2017): A Reply to Richardson, Davey Smith, and Munafò (2019)

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Journal Psychol Sci

Specialty Psychology

Date 2019 Feb 23

PMID 30794485

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Authors

Alexander Weiss

Catharine R Gale

Iva cukic

G David Batty

Andrew M McIntosh

Ian J Deary

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