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Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🌼🐝<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statstab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statstab</span></a> #306 The C-Word: Scientific Euphemisms Do Not Improve Causal Inference From Observational Data</p><p>Thoughts: Causal inference is messy business. Maybe we need to be more honest about that.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/causalinference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>causalinference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/observational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>observational</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/confounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>confounds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304337" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2018.3043</span><span class="invisible">37</span></a></p>
Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🌼🐝<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statstab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statstab</span></a> #273 Statistical Control Requires Causal Justification</p><p>Thoughts: Another reason why I just run experiments. Controls are important for causal inference, but what not/to control for is a complex matter.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/causalinference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>causalinference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/confounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>confounds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25152459221095823" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11</span><span class="invisible">77/25152459221095823</span></a></p>
Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🌼🐝<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statstab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statstab</span></a> #144 Mediation Analysis is Counterintuitively Invalid by @DataColada</p><p>Thoughts: Nothing seems less understood or properly used than mediation analysis. Please stop using it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mediation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/causalinference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>causalinference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/confounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>confounds</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://datacolada.org/103" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">datacolada.org/103</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🌼🐝<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statstab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statstab</span></a> #120 Why do we do matching for causal inference vs regressing on confounders?</p><p>Thoughts: A funny and insightful <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stackexchange</span></a> discussion on the pros and cons of causal inference and matching.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/causalinference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>causalinference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/matching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/confounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>confounds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/544926/why-do-we-do-matching-for-causal-inference-vs-regressing-on-confounders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stats.stackexchange.com/questi</span><span class="invisible">ons/544926/why-do-we-do-matching-for-causal-inference-vs-regressing-on-confounders/</span></a></p>