Learning objectives
- Compare 6 types of analysis
- Beware of inferring causation from correlation
- What explanatory variables to include in a model if you have a model of causation
- Testing the strength of causation given a model of causation
Before class
- Read textbook chapter 17
- Work on survey project data analysis and report
- Do assignment Thirty-one
- Post to Piazza
In class
- 6 types of analysis: Descriptive, Exploratory, Inferential, Predictive, Causal, Mechanistic
- Study on myopia – sometimes the experts are wrong about causation
- Choosing covariates for a causal model
- Activity on different pathways
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Daniel Flath 