Conditioning on a Collider May Induce Spurious Associations: Do the Results of Gale et al. (2017) Support a Health-Protective Effect of Neuroticism in Population Subgroups?
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Conditioning on a Collider May Induce Spurious Associations: Do the Results of Gale et al. (2017) Support a Health-Protective Effect of Neuroticism in Population Subgroups?
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