Causal Thinking [EL036]

Detailed information about this course:

Description

This course is intended to supplement and build on the training in causal inference received by NIHES students in CK010: Study Design and ESP48: Causal Inference. A student taking all 3 of these courses will have seen all important topics in causal inference. Additionally, we will take a closer look at the assumptions that underlie all the most commonly used ways to estimate causal effects (confounder control, instrumental variable analysis, regression discontinuity and differences in differences) emphasizing a deeper intuition for why they are needed. We will also go deeper into concepts such as bias analysis and triangulation. This course will use counterfactual notation and basic concepts in logic and probability. Students will be evaluated based on a group project where they use triangulation in a real, applied example.

Assessment

Assignment(s), Attendance