Statistics 156/256: Causal Inference

UC Berkeley, Fall 2024

Readings week 1

The reading for the first lecture is Chapter 1 of the textbook A first course in causal inference by Peng Ding. A preprint of the textbook is available on arXiv. The book is available in print here. Add promotion code JSM24 for additional discount (good thru end of September).

Readings week 2

The reading for the second lecture is Chapter 2 of A first course in causal inference.

The readings for the third lecture are

1. Section 2.1 of the textbook Causal inference: what if by James M. Robins and Miguel A. Hernán. Available online.
2. Chapter 3 of A first course in causal inference.

Readings week 3

The reading for the fourth lecture is Chapters 4-6 of A first course in causal inference.

The readings for the fifth lecture is Chapters 7-9 of A first course in causal inference.

Readings week 4

The reading for the 9/17 lecture is

1. Chapter 3 of Causal inference: what if.
2. Chapter 10 of A first course in causal inference.

The readings for the 9/19 lecture are

1. Section 2.4 of Causal inference: what if.
2. Chapters 11-12 of A first course in causal inference.

Homework 2 posted

Homework 2 for 156 is posted in the Homeworks tab.

Homework 1 and Reading assignment 1 grades released

You can see your grade on Gradescope. Note that starting with homework 2, we will deduct points for failure to properly assign your gradescope pages to the corresponding problem AND for failure to submit code for coding problems.

Readings week 5

The readings for the 9/24 lecture are

1. Chapter 12 of A first course in causal inference.
2. Chapter 13 of Causal inference: what if.

The reading for the 9/26 lecture is

1. Chapter 13 of A first course in causal inference.

Readings week 6

The readings for the 10/01 lecture are

1. Chapter 4 of Causal inference: what if.
2. Chapter 15 of A first course in causal inference.

The reading for the 10/03 lecture is

1. Chapters 6 and 7 of Causal inference: what if.

Homework 3 posted

Homework 3 for 156 is posted in the Homeworks tab.

Readings week 7

The readings for the 10/08 lecture are

1. Chapter 16 of Causal inference: what if.
2. Chapter 16 of A first course in causal inference.

The reading for the 10/10 lecture is

1. Chapters 21-22 of A first course in causal inference.

Readings week 8

There are no readings for the 10/15 lecture. Instead of a usual lecture, we will use this time for you to work on your group projects.

The reading for the 10/17 lecture is

1. Chapters 23 and 25 of A first course in causal inference.

Homework 4 posted

Homework 4 for 156 is posted in the Homeworks tab.

Guidelines posted for 256 Paper Presentation Videos

Guidelines for the 256 presentations on academic papers are available in the Video presentations tab.

Readings week 9

The reading for the 10/22 lecture is

1. Chapter 20 of A first course in causal inference.

The reading for the 10/24 lecture is

1. Chapter 24 of A first course in causal inference.