What is the best and suitable statistical method/test to estimate a causal relationship between 2 categorical variable ?

Essam A. Al-Moraissi @Essam_Al-Moraissi2

08 August 2017 1 7K Report

To identify association between 2 variable ,( to assess if one factor cause another factor)

Statistically, how can measure this relation?

Ahmed Thabet

statistical test cannot prove causation.the only show weaker or stronger evidence.For that I used regression.

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