방법 비교

	프론트도어 조정 (Frontdoor Criterion)	방향성 비순환 그래프(DAG)를 이용한 인과 관계 식별(do-calculus)	회귀 불연속 설계(Regression Discontinuity Design, RDD)
분야	인과추론	인과추론	인과추론
계열	Regression model	Regression model	Regression model
기원 연도	1995	2009	2008
창시자	Judea Pearl	Judea Pearl	Imbens & Lemieux (guide to practice); Cattaneo, Idrobo & Titiunik (practical introduction)
유형	Causal identification (graphical adjustment)	Causal identification framework	Quasi-experimental causal design
원전	Pearl, J. (1995). Causal Diagrams for Empirical Research. Biometrika, 82(4), 669-688.	Pearl, J. (2009). Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0521895606	Imbens, G. W., & Lemieux, T. (2008). Regression Discontinuity Designs: A Guide to Practice. Journal of Econometrics, 142(2), 615-635.
별칭	frontdoor criterion, Pearl's frontdoor adjustment, frontdoor formula, Ön Kapı Düzenlemesi (Frontdoor Adjustment)	do-calculus, backdoor adjustment, Pearl causal identification, DAG ile Nedensel Tanımlama (do-calculus)	RDD, regression discontinuity design, sharp RDD, fuzzy RDD
관련	4	5	5
요약	Frontdoor adjustment is Judea Pearl's graphical identification strategy, introduced in 1995, that recovers the causal effect of a treatment on an outcome through a fully mediating variable even when an unobserved confounder sits between the treatment and the outcome. It is the go-to tool when the backdoor criterion cannot be satisfied because the confounder is unmeasured.	DAG causal identification is a framework, developed by Judea Pearl (2009), that encodes causal assumptions as a directed acyclic graph and uses the do-calculus rules to determine whether and how a causal effect can be identified from observational data. It systematically handles confounders, instrumental variables, and backdoor paths.	Regression Discontinuity Design is a quasi-experimental method that identifies a causal effect by locally comparing units just above and just below a cutoff on a continuous assignment (running) variable. Formalised for applied work by Imbens and Lemieux (2008) and developed as a practical framework by Cattaneo, Idrobo, and Titiunik (2020), it estimates a local average treatment effect (LATE) at the threshold.