PSYCTRY M232
Causal Inference
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
(Same as Biostatistics M235.) Philosophical foundations, logical paradoxes, decision analysis, selection bias, confounding, ecological paradox, historical development, potential outcomes, Rubin causal model, propensity scores, competing perspectives on path analysis and graphical/structural-equation models, experiments with noncompliance, principal stratification, decision making when causality is disputed, role of ethics in decision making.
S/U or letter grading.
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Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: Biostatistics 200C, 202B, or equivalent.
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- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Biostatistics 200C, 202B, or equivalent" — grouping is a best reading
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PSYCTRY M232
- BIOSTAT 200CMethods in Biostatistics C
- BIOSTAT 202BMathematical Statistics B
- BIOSTAT 202AMathematical Statistics A
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 3 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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