Under the Rug (The Effect, Videos on Causality, Ep 69)

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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 22 of the book.
A version of this video without background music can be found here: • Under the Rug (The Eff...
The final video in the series! I may be done with the videos but I'm not done scaring the jeebers out of you. This video is all about a few additional assumptions that can often go wrong that are lurking underneath your causal inference research design! I cover SUTVA, the observer effect, and The Treatment Mystery, among other things.

[@WashingtonSSilva-jt3lt]

Thank you so much for sharing this great work

[@sannederoever1320]

Hey Nick, Thank you very much for putting this together. RCT can only achieve so much; staying silent beyond that is just not smart. Bought the book!

[@TinaTina-xn9on]

I am a boy not a girl; I do not want to look like I am flirting. Each time I read your Effect book I fall in love. A piece of art and science.

[@kUElli89]

i really appreciate this video format after reading the respective chapters in your book, it makes things very intuitive! i hope there will be some videos in the future, but for now enjoy your youtube break