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Causal inference in physical activity epidemiology research: an opportunity for better evidence

Decades of research have established a significant link between physical activity and health, influencing agenda setting, policy making and community awareness.1–4 However, the field continues to ...
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Causal inference under selection on observables in operations management research: Matching methods and synthetic controls

The majority of recent empirical papers in operations management (OM) employ observational data to investigate the causal effects of a treatment, such as program or policy adoption. However, as ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Causal Inference and COVID: Contrasting Methods for Evaluating Pandemic Impacts Using State Assessments

This paper describes threats to making valid causal inferences about pandemic impacts on student learning based on cross-year comparisons of average test scores. The paper uses Spring 2021 test score ...
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Conservation programs must embrace causal evidence when evaluating impact (commentary)

By Tanya O’Garra In 2006, Paul Ferraro and Subhrendu Pattanayak issued an urgent warning: conservation lacked the causal ...
BMJ

Physical activity and longevity: how to move closer to causal inference

Correspondence to Dr Kaitlin H Wade, Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Kaitlin.Wade{at}bristol.ac.uk Kujala provides an insightful review contesting ...
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Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies

This course is available on the MSc in Applied Social Data Science, MSc in Behavioural Science, MSc in Human Geography and Urban Studies (Research), MSc in Innovation Policy, MSc in International ...
University of Sheffield

Planning your Target Trial and navigating real-world metadata: foundations for causal inference

If you would like to register your interest, please complete this form and we will be in touch if new dates are released. This course is not an analytical causal inference course, such that no ...
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Economics Nobel laureate Joshua Angrist GS ’89 discusses causal inference, his time at Princeton

Joshua Angrist GS ’89 was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics. He won half of the prize jointly with Guido Imbens “for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.