Structural Causal Models
How do we represent causal relationships between the many interconnected processes which comprise our universe?
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My Latest Post
That said, I invite you to check out my latest post on structural causal models, the powerful yet concise language CI researchers use to describe the causal relationships between processes in our universe. In this post, I also cover causal graphs, a DAG representation of structural causal models, which is extremely useful for robust causal analysis and effective visualization of causal relationships. Causal modelling is a foundational concept for building a practical understanding of the causal inference literature, and in reading future posts you will soon see just how powerful such simple notation can be.
Hi Ken, could you please clarify the subscript in the function effecting the years variable being “a” (applied to the aptitude unobserved variable) instead of “y”? And in the next example a subscript “a” instead of “e” (explanatory) and “i” instead of “o” (outcome)? And using the same function subscript “r” (and asume the same function) to be applied to the marketing spend, buyers and sellers variables? Is that relevant? I guess I am missing something.