Posts tagged Latent variables
Hidden common causes
- October 12, 2026
A hidden common cause, or latent confounder, is an unmeasured variable that affects two measured variables. This release adds RCD and BottomUpParceLiNGAM as supported methods. With FCI, they cover data with hidden common causes. Below, we run all three on one small dataset and report benchmark results. Other updates make small fits several times faster.