Counterfactuals

DSA ADS Course - 2021

Causal Analysis, Causality Inference, Counterfactuals

Discuss how data from both experimental and nonexperimental studies combined provide information that neither study alone can provide. Show that necessity and sufficiency are two independent aspects of causation, and that both should be invoked in the construction of causal explanations for specific scenarios.

1999 - Probabilities of Causation: Three Counterfactual Interpretations and their Identification by Judea Pearl

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DSA ADS Course, 2022

Statistical Analysis, Data Interpretation, Causal Analysis, Causality, Data Fusion, Missing Data, Counterfactuals

Discuss Leo Breiman’s “Statistical Modeling: The Two Cultures”  in light of recent advances in machine learning and causal inference and the separation between the data-fitting and data-interpretation components of statistical modeling.

July, 2021

DSA ADS Course, 2022

Causal Machine learning, Double Machine Learning, Targeted Learning, Statistical Analysis, Data Interpretation, Causal Analysis, Causality, Data Fusion, Missing Data, Counterfactuals

Discuss recent advances in machine learning and causal inference and the separation between the data-fitting and data-interpretation components of statistical modeling.

Discuss causal machine learning, double machine learning and targeted learning.

Statistical Modelling in the Age of Data Science - July, 2021

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DSA ADS Course, 2022

Statistical Analysis, Data Interpretation, Causal Analysis, Causality, Data Fusion, Missing Data, Counterfactuals

Discuss the two cultures of statistical modeling according to Leo Breiman in light of recent advances in machine learning and causal inference and the separation between the data-fitting and data-interpretation components of statistical modeling.

DSA ADS Course - 2021

Causal Inference, Directed Acyclic Graphs, Counterfactuals, D-separation, Do-calculus, Simpson’s Paradox, Structural Causal Model

Introduction to Causal Inference - Fabian Dablander

September, 2020

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DSA ADS Course - 2021

Causal Inference, Data-fusion, Causal Analysis, Causal Data Science, Counterfactuals, Selection Bias

Discuss concepts and techniques of different approaches to causal analysis, the curse of big data, data fusion and bias challenges. Discuss biases such as: confounding, sampling selection, and cross-population biases, along with a general, potential mitigation nonparametric framework for handling biases.

Discuss appropriate use of counterfactuals in causal analysis and risk of reasonable inference vs. unreasonable inference.

DSA ADS Course - 2021

Causal Reinforcement Learning, Counterfactuals, Counterfactual Data-Fusion, Online Reinforcement Learners

Discuss counterfactuals, risks of data fusion, causal reinforcement learning and fusion of observational and experimental data.

Counterfactual Data-Fusion for Online Reinforcement Learners - June, 2017

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DSA ADS Course - 2021

Suffcient Causes: On Oxygen, Matches, and Fires

Probability, Causality, Causal Inference, Counterfactuals, Suffcient Causes, Explanation, Abduction

2019

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We demonstrate how counterfactuals can be used to compute the probability that one event was/is a sufcient cause of another, and how counterfactuals emerge organically from basic scientifc knowledge, rather than manipulative experiments. We contrast this demonstration with the potential outcome framework and address the distinction between causes and enablers.

May, 2021

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2013

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The paradox described below aims to clarify the principles by which empirical data are harnessed to guide decision making. It is motivated by the practical question of whether empirical assessments of the effect of treatment on the treated (ETT) can be useful for either policy evaluation or personal decisions.