11.1 Learning Objectives

At the end of this week’s learning, students will be able to

1. Remember that most interesting questions in their data analysis are actually causal questions.
2. Articulate a particular causal model that describes the world, and evaluate whether a research design and a statistical analysis does an adequate job answering a question about a causal model.
3. Appreciate the deep difficulty of causal questions, and how research design guides data collection.