Causal Inference

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to causal inference with application sin public health and social justice. Topics include the potential outcomes model, the theory behind and application of randomized trials, and application of causal inference techniques to observational studies. Students will perform analyses with propensity scores, instrumental variables, and graphical causal models (DAGs) and investigate mediation in the causal framework. The focus of the course will be application of methods as opposed to statistical theory.