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Causal inference

Causal inference is the process of determining the independent, actual effect of a particular phenomenon that is a component of a larger system. The main difference between causal inference and inference of association is that causal inference analyzes the response of an effect variable when a cause of the effect variable is changed. The science of why things occur is called etiology. Causal inference is said to provide the evidence of causality theorized by causal reasoning. Causal inference is widely studied across all sciences. Several innovations in the development and implementation of methodology designed to determine causality have proliferated in recent decades. Causal inference remains especially difficult where experimentation is difficult or impossible, which is common throughout most sciences. The approaches to causal inference are broadly applicable across all types of scientific disciplines, and many methods of causal inference that were designed for certain disciplines have found use in other disciplines. This article outlines the basic process behind causal inference and details some of the more conventional tests used across different disciplines; however, this should not be mistaken as a suggestion that these methods apply only to those disciplines, merely that they are the most commonly used in that discipline. Causal inference is difficult to perform and there is significant debate amongst scientists about the proper way to determine causality. Despite other innovations, there remain concerns of misattribution by scientists of correlative results as causal, of the usage of incorrect methodologies by scientists, and of deliberate manipulation by scientists of analytical results in order to obtain statistically significant estimates. Particular concern is raised in the use of regression models, especially linear regression models. (Wikipedia).

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Causal Inference Introduction

Causal Inference is a set of tools used to scientifically prove cause and effect, very commonly used in economics and medicine. This series will go over the basics that any data scientist should understand about causal inference - and point them to the tools they would need to perform it.

From playlist Causal Inference - The Science of Cause and Effect

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Statistical Inference for Causal Inference - Causal Inference

In this video I explain the concept of statistical inference for causal inference through a realistic group ideal experiment example. Enjoy! Here's the link to my previous Statistical Inference Introduction video if you haven't watched it yet: https://youtu.be/fEGc8ZqveXM

From playlist Causal Inference - The Science of Cause and Effect

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Ideal Experiment - Causal Inference

In this video, I give you more details about the fundamental question and the fundamental problem of causal inference with the help of an example (our ideal experiment).

From playlist Causal Inference - The Science of Cause and Effect

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Fundamental Question - Causal Inference

In this video, I define the fundamental question and problem of causal inference and use an example to further explain the concept.

From playlist Causal Inference - The Science of Cause and Effect

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Assumptions - Causal Inference

In this video, I introduce the most important assumptions in casual inference that we use in order to avoid mistakes such as presuming association and causation to be one and the same, among others: - Positivity - SUTVA - Large Sample Size - Double Blinded - No Measurement Error - Exchan

From playlist Causal Inference - The Science of Cause and Effect

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Brief Introduction to Statistical Inference - Causal Inference

In this video, I briefly introduce the topic of Statistical Inference and go over its most fundamental concepts - those that we will use in this series. If you want to learn more about this stuff, check out this link to my entire series on Statistical Inference: https://www.youtube.com/pla

From playlist Causal Inference - The Science of Cause and Effect

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Future Topics

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Causation vs. Association - Causal Inference

In this video I talk about the difference between causation and association and explain each of these concepts through an example. Enjoy!

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Parametric G Formula

We describe my favorite causal inference technique: the parametric G formula, my go-to for any standard observational causal inference problems

From playlist Causal Inference - The Science of Cause and Effect

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The Blessings of Multiple Causes - David M. Blei

Seminar on Theoretical Machine Learning Topic: The Blessings of Multiple Causes Speaker: David M. Blei Affiliation: Columbia University Date: January 21, 2020 For more video please visit http://video.ias.edu

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Causality: From Aristotle to Zebrafish - Frederick Eberhardt - 10/16/2019

Earnest C. Watson Lecture by Professor Frederick Eberhardt, "Causality: From Aristotle to Zebrafish." What causes what? If correlation does not equal causation, then how can we untangle the “why” behind processes that regulate the brain, the climate, or the economy? And how does this appl

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SDS 613: Causal Machine Learning — with Emre Kiciman

#CausalMachineLearning #CausalInference #DoWhyOpenSource Dr. Emre Kiciman, Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research joins the podcast to share his world-leading knowledge on causal machine learning. This episode is brought to you by Datalore, https://datalore.online/SDS, the col

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SDS 607: Inferring Causality — with Jennifer Hill

#DataScience #CausalInference #BayesianStatistics We welcome Dr. Jennifer Hill, Professor of Applied Statistics at New York University, to the podcast this week for a discussion that covers causality, correlation, and inference in data science. This episode is brought to you by Pachyderm

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Group Ideal Experiment - Causal Inference

In this video, I explain the concept of a group ideal experiment wherein I introduce some more causal inference terminology! I also go over the fundamental problem of causal inference and the problem of statistical inference. Enjoy!

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Post-Talk Discussion Following “On Experiments for Causal Inference and System Identification”

Professor Kyle Cranmer, Professor of Physics and Data Science at New York University, will engage Professor Nihat Ay in a discussion of his presentation “On Experiments for Causal Inference and System Identification.” In the first part of his presentation, Professor Nihat Ay of the Max P

From playlist Franke Program in Science and the Humanities

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Oxford 4b The Argument Concerning Induction

A course by Peter Millican from Oxford University. Course Description: Dr Peter Millican gives a series of lectures looking at Scottish 18th Century Philosopher David Hume and the first book of his Treatise of Human Nature. Taken from: https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/introduction-david

From playlist Oxford: Introduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One | CosmoLearning Philosophy

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Tutorial on deep learning for causal inference

Speakers: Bernard Koch (SICSS-Los Angeles 19, 20, 21; Ph.D. student in Sociology at UCLA) Description: This tutorial will teach participants how to build simple deep learning models for causal inference. Although this literature is still quite young, neural networks have the potential to

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Causal Diagrams - Causal Inference

Today I talk about causal diagrams, e.g., dag, inline. This is one of the most important tools in Causal Inference, and we learn how to draw these tools out. Later we will learn how to use them in analysis.

From playlist Causal Inference - The Science of Cause and Effect

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