This reminds me of a (non climate science) paper I read recently on structural equation modeling. SEMs are linear....
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...So there's a nice one-to-one correspondence with directed graphs. (Put the coefficients as the edge weights.
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The visual account is (as far as I'm concerned) a far superior way to view the effects than just equations/matrices.
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A survey of researchers suggested that graphical representation not be used because it's "too easy"
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No really. That was the actual objection. There's supposed to be a deeper understanding you obtain w/matrix equations only
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But there's *no* information that's being discarded when you draw up a graphical representation.
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I think he's too professional to do it in his papers, but Pearl gets a few quips in the footnotes of his book...
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Maybe I'm reading into it too much but it seems like he stops *just* short of saying, "harder to understand models make..
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