๐Ÿš€๐€ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž by Peng Ding๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ’กUniversity of California Berkeley; 428-page PDF https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18793

Chinou Gea
2 min readJun 10, 2023

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๐•ฟ๐–†๐–‡๐–‘๐–Š ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ฎ๐–”๐–“๐–™๐–Š๐–“๐–™๐–˜:

๐Ÿ‘‰ Correlation, Association, and the Yuleโ€Šโ€”โ€ŠSimpson Paradox

I. Introduction

๐Ÿ‘‰ Correlation, Association, and the Yuleโ€Šโ€”โ€ŠSimpson Paradox

๐Ÿ‘‰ Potential Outcomes

II. Randomized experiments

๐Ÿ‘‰ The Completely Randomized Experiment and the Fisher Randomization Test

๐Ÿ‘‰. Neymanian Repeated Sampling Inference in Completely Randomized Experiments

๐Ÿ‘‰. Stratification and Post-Stratification in Randomized Experiments

๐Ÿ‘‰. Rerandomization and Regression Adjustment

๐Ÿ‘‰. Matched-Pairs Experiment

๐Ÿ‘‰. Unification of the Fisherian and Neymanian Inferences in Randomized Experiments

๐Ÿ‘‰. Bridging Finite and Super Population Causal Inference

III. Observational studies

๐Ÿ‘‰. Observational Studies, Selection Bias, and Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects

๐Ÿ‘‰. The Central Role of the Propensity Score in Observational Studies for Causal Effects

๐Ÿ‘‰. The Doubly Robust or the Augmented Inverse Propensity Score Weighting Estimator for the Average Causal Effect

๐Ÿ‘‰. The Average Causal Effect on the Treated Units and Other Estimands

๐Ÿ‘‰. Using the Propensity Score in Regressions for Causal Effects

๐Ÿ‘‰. Matching in Observational Studies

IV. Difficulties and challenges of observational studies

๐Ÿ‘‰. Difficulties of Unconfoundedness in Observational Studies for Causal Effects

๐Ÿ‘‰. E-Value: Evidence for Causation in Observational Studies with Unmeasured Confounding

๐Ÿ‘‰. Sensitivity Analysis for the Average Causal Effect with Unmeasured Confounding

๐Ÿ‘‰. Rosenbaum-Style p-Values for Matched Observational Studies with Unmeasured Confounding

๐Ÿ‘‰. Overlap in Observational Studies: Difficulties and Opportunities

V. Instrumental variables

๐Ÿ‘‰ An Experimental Perspective

๐Ÿ‘‰. Disentangle Mixture Distributions and Instrumental Variable Inequalities

๐Ÿ‘‰ An Econometric Perspective

๐Ÿ‘‰. Application of the Instrumental Variable Method: Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity

๐Ÿ‘‰. Application of the Instrumental Variable Method: Mendelian Randomization

VI. Causal Mechanisms with Post-Treatment Variables

๐Ÿ‘‰. Principal Stratification

๐Ÿ‘‰ Mediation Analysis: Natural Direct and Indirect Effects

๐Ÿ‘‰. Controlled Direct Effects

๐Ÿ‘‰. Time-Varying Treatment and Confounding

๐Ÿš€ใ€Šๅ› ๆžœๆŽจ็†็š„็ฌฌไธ€้—จ่ฏพ็จ‹ใ€‹ไธ้น๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ’กๅŠ ๅทžๅคงๅญฆไผฏๅ…‹ๅˆฉๅˆ†ๆ ก๏ผ›428้กตไพฟๆบๆ–‡ๆกฃhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18793

๐Ÿ‘‰็›ธๅ…ณๆ€งใ€ๅ…ณ่”ๆ€งๅ’Œๅฐคๅฐ”-่พ›ๆ™ฎๆฃฎๆ‚–่ฎบ

ไธ€ใ€็ฎ€ไป‹

๐Ÿ‘‰็›ธๅ…ณๆ€งใ€ๅ…ณ่”ๆ€งๅ’Œๅฐคๅฐ”-่พ›ๆ™ฎๆฃฎๆ‚–่ฎบ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๆฝœๅœจ็ป“ๆžœ

ไบŒใ€้šๆœบๅฎž้ชŒ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๅฎŒๅ…จ้šๆœบๅŒ–ๅฎž้ชŒๅ’Œ Fisher ้šๆœบๅŒ–ๆฃ€้ชŒ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๅฎŒๅ…จ้šๆœบๅฎž้ชŒไธญ็š„ๅฅˆๆ›ผ้‡ๅคๆŠฝๆ ทๆŽจๆ–ญ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ้šๆœบๅฎž้ชŒไธญ็š„ๅˆ†ๅฑ‚ๅ’ŒๅŽๅˆ†ๅฑ‚

๐Ÿ‘‰ ้‡ๆ–ฐ้šๆœบๅŒ–ๅ’Œๅ›žๅฝ’่ฐƒๆ•ด

๐Ÿ‘‰้…ๅฏนๅฎž้ชŒ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ้šๆœบๅฎž้ชŒไธญ Fisherian ๅ’Œ Neymanian ๆŽจ่ฎบ็š„็ปŸไธ€

๐Ÿ‘‰ ่ฟžๆŽฅๆœ‰้™ๅ’Œ่ถ…็ง็พคๅ› ๆžœๆŽจ็†

ไธ‰ใ€่ง‚ๅฏŸๆ€ง็ ”็ฉถ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ่ง‚ๅฏŸๆ€ง็ ”็ฉถใ€้€‰ๆ‹ฉๅๅทฎๅ’Œๅ› ๆžœๆ•ˆๅบ”็š„้žๅ‚ๆ•ฐ่ฏ†ๅˆซ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๅ€พๅ‘ๅพ—ๅˆ†ๅœจๅ› ๆžœๆ•ˆๅบ”่ง‚ๅฏŸ็ ”็ฉถไธญ็š„ๆ ธๅฟƒไฝœ็”จ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๅนณๅ‡ๅ› ๆžœๆ•ˆๅบ”็š„ๅŒ้‡็จณๅฅๆˆ–ๅขžๅนฟ้€†ๅ‘ๅ€พๅ‘ๅพ—ๅˆ†ๅŠ ๆƒไผฐ่ฎก้‡

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๆฒป็–—ๅ•ไฝๅ’Œๅ…ถไป–ไผฐ่ฎกๅ€ผ็š„ๅนณๅ‡ๅ› ๆžœๆ•ˆๅบ”

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๅœจๅ› ๆžœๆ•ˆๅบ”็š„ๅ›žๅฝ’ไธญไฝฟ็”จๅ€พๅ‘ๅพ—ๅˆ†

๐Ÿ‘‰่ง‚ๅฏŸ็ ”็ฉถไธญ็š„ๅŒน้…

ๅ››ใ€่ง‚ๅฏŸๆ€ง็ ”็ฉถ็š„ๅ›ฐ้šพไธŽๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜

๐Ÿ‘‰ๅ› ๆžœๆ•ˆๅบ”่ง‚ๅฏŸ็ ”็ฉถไธญ็š„ๆ— ๆททๆ‚ๅ›ฐ้šพ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Eๅ€ผ๏ผšๅ…ทๆœ‰ๆœชๆต‹้‡ๆททๆ‚็š„่ง‚ๅฏŸๆ€ง็ ”็ฉถไธญๅ› ๆžœๅ…ณ็ณป็š„่ฏๆฎ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๅ…ทๆœ‰ๆœชๆต‹้‡ๆททๆ‚็š„ๅนณๅ‡ๅ› ๆžœๆ•ˆๅบ”็š„ๆ•ๆ„Ÿๆ€งๅˆ†ๆž

๐Ÿ‘‰ ็”จไบŽๅ…ทๆœ‰ๆœชๆต‹้‡ๆททๆ‚็š„ๅŒน้…่ง‚ๅฏŸ็ ”็ฉถ็š„็ฝ—ๆฃฎ้ฒๅง†ๅผ p ๅ€ผ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ่ง‚ๅฏŸ็ ”็ฉถ็š„้‡ๅ ๏ผšๅ›ฐ้šพไธŽๆœบ้‡

ไบ”ใ€ๅทฅๅ…ทๅ˜้‡

๐Ÿ‘‰ๅฎž้ชŒ่ง†่ง’

๐Ÿ‘‰่งฃๅผ€ๆททๅˆๅˆ†ๅธƒๅ’Œๅทฅๅ…ทๅ˜้‡ไธ็ญ‰ๅผ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ่ฎก้‡็ปๆตŽๅญฆ็š„่ง’ๅบฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๅทฅๅ…ทๅ˜้‡ๆณ•็š„ๅบ”็”จ๏ผšๆจก็ณŠๅ›žๅฝ’ไธ่ฟž็ปญ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๅทฅๅ…ทๅ˜้‡ๆณ•็š„ๅบ”็”จ๏ผšๅญŸๅพทๅฐ”้šๆœบๅŒ–

ๅ…ญใ€ๆฒป็–—ๅŽๅ˜้‡็š„ๅ› ๆžœๆœบๅˆถ

๐Ÿ‘‰ไธป่ฆๅˆ†ๅฑ‚

๐Ÿ‘‰ไธญไป‹ๅˆ†ๆž๏ผš่‡ช็„ถ็š„็›ดๆŽฅๅ’Œ้—ดๆŽฅๅฝฑๅ“

๐Ÿ‘‰ๅ—ๆŽง็š„็›ดๆŽฅๅฝฑๅ“

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๆ—ถๅ˜ๅค„็†ๅ’Œๆททๆ‚

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