Peter Urbach has argued, on Bayesian grounds, that experimental randomization serves no useful purpose in testing causal hypothesis. I maintain that he fails to distinguish general issues of statistical inference from specific problems involved in identifying causes. I concede the general Bayesian thesis that random sampling is inessential to sound statistical inference. But experimental randomization is a different matter, and often plays an essential role in our route to causal conclusions. © 1994 Oxford University Press.
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Papineau, D. (1994). The virtues of randomization. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 45(2), 437–450. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/45.2.437
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