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SOCI2095

Quantitative social sciences: from correlation to causality

Offer semester
Lecture time
Lecture venue
Credits awarded

2nd semester

Tuesday

13:00-14:50

CPD-LG.59

6

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    1. Critical thinking ability to differentiate causal from correlational claims

    2. Ability to understand and critique social science research papers making causal claims

    3. Ability to run simple experiments and carry out basic observational analyses

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  • Counterfactuals and Causal Inference: Methods and Principles for Social Research, by Stephen Morgan and Christopher Winship

  • Causality, by Judea Pearl

    Causal Inference: What If, by James Robins and Miguel Hernan

    A First Course in Causal Inference, by Peng Ding

Offer Semester
Lecture Day
Lecture Time
Venue
Credits awarded
2nd semester
Tuesday
13:00-14:50
CPD-LG.59
6

Assistant Professor, HKU-100 Scholar

Prof Lai Wei
Course co-ordinator and teachers
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