1 - A Brief Introduction to Causal Inference (Course Preview)

We give you a taste of what we'll cover in the first few weeks of the Introduction to Causal Inference online course. Please post questions in the YouTube comments section.

Introduction to Causal Inference Course Website: causalcourse.com

0:00 What to expect
1:02 What is causal inference?
2:17 Talk outline
3:00 Motivating example: Simpson's paradox
14:43 Correlation does not imply causation
21:58 Then, what does imply causation?
30:28 Causation in observational studies