Causal Inference with R – Introduction

Causal Inference with R – Introduction

Credential
Department

Social Science Research Institute

Overview

Causal Inference with R is the first course in a series on causal inference concepts and methods created by Duke University with support from eBay, Inc. Designed to teach you causal inference concepts, methods, and how to code in R with realistic data, this introduction focuses on how to interpret treatment effects, and how to explore and derive key summary statistics from dataframes. This course covers the following concepts:

  • Basic concepts behind causal inference
  • Introduction to treatment effects
  • Cofounders, counterfactuals, and p-hacking

Instructors

Matt Masten
Matt Masten

Associate Professor of Economics

Bentley Coffey
Bentley Coffey

Clinical Assistant Professor

No Projects related