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6655. Advanced Causal Inference with Data
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: EPSY 5610 and EPSY 6651.
Grading Basis: Graded
This course is an exploration of the problems that arise in making inferences about causal effects from non-experimental data and some potential solutions to those problems. Topics covered include: regression approaches to causal inference; paradoxes that arise when interpreting non-experimental data; the "potential outcomes" approach to causal inference (often called Rubin's Causal Model); univariate and multivariate matching methods; multivariate distance measures; propensity score estimation methods; using the propensity score to match, subclassify and weight; Instrumental Variables applications of Rubin's Causal Model; Directed Acyclic Graphs.
Last Refreshed: 29-MAR-24 05.20.11.748914 AM
Term | Class Number | Campus | Instruction Mode | Instructor | Section | Session | Schedule | Enrollment | Location | Credits | Grading Basis | Notes | |
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1243 9928 1 001 | Spring 2024 | 9928 | Storrs | In Person | Rhoads, Christopher | 001 | Reg | Th 9:30am‑12:00pm |
11/12 | WOOD 004B | 3.00 | Graded |