Wiki page, DAT465 Causality and causal inference: 0. Course introduction (The page contains slides, videos, etc)

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2021-08-23T09:39:57+02:00

Module contents

In this first lecture, we cover

Motivation for studying causality & causal inference

Relationship to statistics / machine learning / artificial intelligence

Course structure and deliverables

Slides [2021]

All slides are subject to change until the lecture is given.

Part 1: Motivation, introduction

Part 2: Course structure, examination, content overview

Reading / watching suggestions

Morgan & Winship, Counterfactuals and Causal Inference, Chapter 1

Pearl, Causality (2nd ed.), Chapters 2.1–2.2

Brady Neal's videos on Motivation

Previous year's course

In 2020, this course was given as a PhD course. The video for this module from that run is available below, and the slides are available here. Make note that this does not completely reflect the content of this year's course.