Labour confounds expectations with Hamilton by-election victory Labour confounds expectations with Hamilton by-election victory

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Labour confounds expectations with Hamilton by-election victory

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#statstab #306 The C-Word: Scientific Euphemisms Do Not Improve Causal Inference From Observational Data

Thoughts: Causal inference is messy business. Maybe we need to be more honest about that.

#causalinference #observational #research #confounds

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Statistical Control Requires Causal Justification - Anna C. Wysocki, Katherine M. Lawson, Mijke Rhemtulla, 2022 It is common practice in correlational or quasiexperimental studies to use statistical control to remove confounding effects from a regression coefficient. Cont...

#statstab #273 Statistical Control Requires Causal Justification

Thoughts: Another reason why I just run experiments. Controls are important for causal inference, but what not/to control for is a complex matter.

#causalinference #control #confounds

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[103] Mediation Analysis is Counterintuitively Invalid - Data Colada Mediation analysis is very common in behavioral science despite suffering from many invalidating shortcomings. While most of the shortcomings are intuitive [1], this post focuses on a counterintuitive...

#statstab #144 Mediation Analysis is Counterintuitively Invalid by @DataColada

Thoughts: Nothing seems less understood or properly used than mediation analysis. Please stop using it.

#mediation #bias #causalinference #confounds

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Why do we do matching for causal inference vs regressing on confounders? I'm new to the area of causal inference. From what I understand, one of the main concerns that causal inference tries to address is the effect of confounders! For the sake of reference, let's denot...

#statstab #120 Why do we do matching for causal inference vs regressing on confounders?

Thoughts: A funny and insightful #stackexchange discussion on the pros and cons of causal inference and matching.

#causalinference #stats #matching #confounds

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