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I recommend the book (free online): https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/miguel-hernan/causal-inference-book/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/miguel-hernan/causal-inferenc
by efm 5y ago
I recommend the book (free online):
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/miguel-hernan/causal-inference-book/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/miguel-hernan/causal-inference-...
and the associated Coursera course.
It's both simple and subtle to be able to get causality out of observational data.
- 0101010110 5y agoThis is true only for a small subset of Causal DAGs even within this 'Causal Calculus'. It can't account for circular causality or discontinuous relationships. That's not to diminish your suggestion, only to contextualise it.
- benibela 5y agoThe are new theories for cycles: https://www.eur.nl/sites/corporate/files/2018-07/mooij-pup-2018-rotterdam-workshop.pdf https://www.eur.nl/sites/corporate/files/2018-07/mooij-pup-2...