Construction of causal hypotheses. Theories of causation, counterfactuals, intervention vs. passive observation. Contexts for causal inference: randomized experiments; sequential randomization; partial compliance; natural experiments, passive observation. Path diagrams, conditional independence, and d-separation. Model equivalence and causal under-determination.
Prefix
STAT
Number
566
Credits
4
Variable Credit?
No
Credit/no-credit only?
No
Prereq
course in statistics, SOC 504, SOC 505, SOC 506, or equivalent
Joint Class?
Yes
With
CS&SS 566