Welcome

Causal Beast is a primer on causal inference. You can learn more about the course on the about page and download the lecture slides and notes in PDF or PPT.

Below is the outline which is subject to weekly updates including but not limited to new lessons, videos, notes and other renovations to improve your learning experience. If there is a particular topic you’d like to visit, please refer to the search page.

• Lesson 1: Foundations

  • 1.1 Introduction to Causal Inference

  • 1.2 Correlation vs. Causation

  • 1.3 Types of Correlation

  • 1.4 Causality Checklist

  • 1.5 Ceteris Paribus

  • 1.6 Measurement

• Lesson 2: Causal Inference Techniques

  • 2.1 Randomized Experiment

  • 2.2 Controlled Regression

  • 2.3 Instrumental Variables

  • 2.4 Regression Discontinuity

  • 2.5 Difference-in-Differences

  • 2.6 Conclusion

Want to learn how to actually do your own causal inference research using statistical software or code? I am very pleased to announce that it’s almost done and coming very soon!