Matching (The Effect, Videos on Causality, Ep. 35)

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The Effect is a book about research design and causal inference. How can we use data to learn about the world? How can we answer questions about whether X causes Y even if we can't run a randomized experiment? The book covers these things and plenty more. These videos are meant to accompany the book, although they can also be viewed on their own.
This video relates to material found in Chapter 14 of the book.
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Regression isn't the only way to control for confounders and remove back doors! Another popular method is *matching*, where you pick observations from a comparison group that are basically the same as your treated group along a set of matching variables. How does this work?

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