Causal reasoning · Session synthesis
From DAG to Analysis Plan
Build the causal story first. Then translate it into a comparison an analyst can execute and audit.
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The big picture: From DAG to Analysis Plan
Can you turn a causal story into a defensible conceptual analysis plan?
Why a policy analyst should care
A statistical model cannot decide which comparison answers the policy question; translating a causal story into an explicit analysis plan keeps adjustment choices tied to investigator reasoning.
Follow the idea from the opening question to a practical decision. These are the conceptual moves this module will develop:
1 Question Can you turn a policy story into an analysis plan?
2 Play Build the delayed-care DAG
3 Formalize Translate paths into analytical decisions
4 Transfer Carry the argument into next week
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