Causal inference material APS 2024
- 1 minNatural Experiments – a Tool for Causal Inference in Childhood Development
Association for Psychological Science Symposium: Triangulating Mixed Methods to Support Causal Inference and Translation in Developmental Psychology
Slide Deck
My empirical work with Natural Experiments
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Judd, N., & Kievit, R. (2024). No effect of additional education on long-term brain structure: a preregistered natural experiment in over 30,000 individuals. In bioRxiv (p. 2024.05.17.594682). PDF
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Judd, N., Sauce, B., & Klingberg, T. (2022). Schooling substantially improves intelligence, but neither lessens nor widens the impacts of socioeconomics and genetics. NPJ Science of Learning, 7(1), 33. PDF
Open Source Causal inference literature
Text books
Good book to start:
- The effect: an introduction to research design and causality by Nick Huntington-Klein.
More advanced:
- Causal Inference: What if? by Miguel Hernan & James Robins.
Applied methods PhD course by Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham
Regression Discontinuity Primers & packages
- Cattaneo, M. D., Idrobo, N., & Titiunik, R. (2019). A practical introduction to regression discontinuity designs: Foundations. pdf
- Cattaneo, M. D., Idrobo, N., & Titiunik, R. (2023). A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Extensions. pdf
- rdrobust R-package
- RDHonest R-package
Other relevant literature
- Schwartz, G. L., & Maria Glymour, M. (2023). Bridging the Divide: Tackling Tensions Between Life-Course Epidemiology and Causal Inference. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 5(Volume 5, 2023), 355–374. pdf