Causal Thinking [EL036]
Course highlights
EC points
1.1
Start date
23-04-2025
End date
25-04-2025
Course days
3 course days
Faculty
Jeremy Labrecque, PhD
Course fee
€ 790
Prerequisites
Study Design
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
Application
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Detailed information about this course:
Description
This course is intended to supplement and build on the training in causal inference received by NIHES students in CK010: Study Design and ESP48: Causal Inference. A student taking all 3 of these courses will have seen all important topics in causal inference. Additionally, we will take a closer look at the assumptions that underlie all the most commonly used ways to estimate causal effects (confounder control, instrumental variable analysis, regression discontinuity and differences in differences) emphasizing a deeper intuition for why they are needed. We will also go deeper into concepts such as bias analysis and triangulation. This course will use counterfactual notation and basic concepts in logic and probability. Students will be evaluated based on a group project where they use triangulation in a real, applied example.
Assessment
Assignment(s), Attendance
Reduction on fees
PLEASE NOTE: This does not apply to the fee of the research master programmes (120 EC points)
No fees are charged for Erasmus MC PhD candidates, provided they have an account in Hora Finita, the Erasmus University PhD registration system. When submitting the application, you can state that someone else pays your tuition fee.
In case of cancellation or no show, the cancellation policy applies based on the full course fee.
25% reduction for all (international) PhD candidates without formal appointment at Erasmus MC
Upon receipt of your application you will receive a request to upload proof of enrollment as a PhD candidate.