Causal Methods
Rubin-Style Quasi-Experimental Methods
Design and analysis strategies seek a credible estimate of an unobserved counterfactual.
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The big picture: Rubin-Style Quasi-Experimental Methods
How can an observational comparison approximate a counterfactual?
Why a policy analyst should care
Quasi-experimental methods are alternative strategies for constructing the unobserved counterfactual, each with a different source of identifying variation and assumptions.
Follow the idea from the opening question to a practical decision. These are the conceptual moves this module will develop:
1 Question How can an observational comparison approximate a counterfactual?
2 Explore Different identification strategies
3 Formalize Treatment, outcome, and assignment
4 Transfer Choose and defend a quasi-experiment
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