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The Blessings of Multiple Causes: A Reply to Ogburn et al. (2019)

Machine Learning 2019-12-24 v3 Machine Learning

Abstract

Ogburn et al. (2019, arXiv:1910.05438) discuss "The Blessings of Multiple Causes" (Wang and Blei, 2018, arXiv:1805.06826). Many of their remarks are interesting. But they also claim that the paper has "foundational errors" and that its "premise is...incorrect." These claims are not substantiated. There are no foundational errors; the premise is correct.

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@article{arxiv.1910.07320,
  title  = {The Blessings of Multiple Causes: A Reply to Ogburn et al. (2019)},
  author = {Yixin Wang and David M. Blei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.07320},
  year   = {2019}
}