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Understanding Causal Inference
  • A Guide to Causal Inference
  • Table of Contents
  • About-us
  • Preface
  • What is Causality?
  • Why bother with Causality?
  • Origin of Causality
  • Statistical Inference Vs Causal Inference
  • Decision-Making
  • Why we need Causality?
    • Leaders in the Industry
  • Key Causal Terms and FAQ
  • Assumptions
    • Causal Assumptions
  • Bias
    • Selection Bias
    • Correlation is not Causation
      • Simpsons Paradox
  • Causal Graphs
    • Colliders
    • Confounders
    • Mediators
    • Back Door Paths
    • Front Door Paths
    • Structural Causal Model
    • do-calculus
    • Graph Theory
    • Build your DAG
    • Testable Implications
    • Limitations of Causal Graphs
  • Counterfactuals
    • Potential Outcomes Framework
  • Modeling for Causal Inference
    • Experimental Data
      • Randomization
        • Problems with Randomization
        • A/B Testing
          • Experiment
    • Non-Experimental / Observational Data
      • Instrumental Variables
      • Weighting
        • Inverse Propensity Weighting
      • Propensity Score
      • Sensitivity Analysis
      • Regression Discontinuity
      • Matching
      • Stratification
        • Methods
        • Implications
  • Tools and Libraries
    • DoWhy
      • Do-Sampler
      • EconML
      • Workflow
    • Causal Graphical Models
    • CausalInference
    • Dagitty
    • Other Libraries
  • Limitations of Causal Inference
    • Fundamental Problem of Causal Inference
  • Real-World Implementations
  • What's Next
  • References
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  1. Modeling for Causal Inference

Non-Experimental / Observational Data

Non-Experimental/Observational study are the ones where one observes the effect of the treatment in a group of people without trying to make any intervention or changes. We cannot control for the treatment assignment in observational data. The Population with elements that have the same characteristics are compared with respect to the exposure to make Causal Conclusions.

Randomization is not always possible( and unethical sometimes), which is why most of the data is in the form of observational data. Making conclusions from Observational data is really hard. It is in fact one of the biggest problems in causality.

Note: Experimental data is too expensive and also illegal sometimes, which is why we heavily depend on Observational data for the causal conclusions. This is the part of Causality, where a lot of research and innovation is being done.

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