Observing, intervening, and counterfactuals

Observing, intervening, and counterfactuals#

Learning objectives#

After working through this topic, you should be able to explain what we mean by:

  • observing

  • intervening

  • and counterfactuals

and how these concepts relate to causality.

Materials#

Video with English subtitles:

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Video with German subtitles:

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