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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.


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Term Class Number Campus Instruction Mode Instructor Section Session Schedule Enrollment Location Credits Grading Basis Notes
Spring 2024 9928 Storrs In Person Rhoads, Christopher 001 Reg Th 9:30am‑12:00pm
11/12 WOOD 004B 3.00 Graded