ILRST 3900

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ILRST 3900
Causal Inference

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Causal claims are essential in both science and policy. Would a new experimental drug improve disease survival? Would a new advertisement cause higher sales? Would a person's income be higher if they finished college? These questions involve counterfactuals: outcomes that would be realized if a treatment were assigned differently. This course will define counterfactuals mathematically, formalize conceptual assumptions that link empirical evidence to causal conclusions, and engage with statistical methods for estimation. Students will enter the course with knowledge of statistical inference: how to assess if a variable is associated with an outcome. Students will emerge from the course with knowledge of causal inference: how to assess whether an intervention to change that input would lead to a change in the outcome.


Prerequisites REF-FA25/Corequisites REF-FA25 STSCI 2100 or PSYCH 2500 or SOC 3010 or ECON 3110 or equivalent. Corequisites: None.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: INFO 3900, STSCI 3900

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9348 ILRST 3900   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Cortez-Rodriguez, M

      Wang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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  •  9349 ILRST 3900   DIS 201

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    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Cortez-Rodriguez, M

      Wang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9350 ILRST 3900   DIS 202

  •  
    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Cortez-Rodriguez, M

      Wang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9351 ILRST 3900   DIS 203

  •  
    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Cortez-Rodriguez, M

      Wang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9352 ILRST 3900   DIS 204

  •  
    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Cortez-Rodriguez, M

      Wang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9353 ILRST 3900   DIS 205

  •  
    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Cortez-Rodriguez, M

      Wang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person