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Nov 1, 2023Liked by Ben Recht

Hi Ben,

I agree that “observational causal inference through regression” rests on fairly incredible model assumptions – no unmeasured confounders being the most problematic one!

That said, I think it is still possible to draw meaningful inferences from observational data under more credible model assumptions that include the possible influence of unmeasured confounders. See for instance: https://openreview.net/pdf?id=XnYtGPgG9p

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Thanks, Dave. I'll take a look! The course moves to reinforcement learning next week, so stay tuned...

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Looking forward to it!

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