Section outline

  • DAGs (Parts III & IV)

    DAGs to represent selection bias and measurement bias; limitations of DAGs

    Faculty: Rebecca Graff

    Location: ONLINE--Zoom link below

    • Required Reading (please read PRIOR to watching the lectures):

      1. Chapter 8.1 - 8.3, Hernán & Robins, Causal Inference Book, online
      2. Chapter 9.1 - 9.3, Hernán & Robins, Causal Inference Book, online

    • Optional Reading:

      1. Chapter 8.4 - 8.5, Hernán & Robins, Causal Inference Book, online
      2. Hernán MA, Hernández-Díaz S, Robins JM. A structural approach to selection bias. Epidemiology. 2004 Sep 1;15(5):615-25. (This was a very influential paper that reconceptualized how we think about selection bias). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15308962 

      3. VanderWeele TJ, Hernán MA. Results on differential and dependent measurement error of the exposure and the outcome using signed directed acyclic graphs. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 May 8;175(12):1303-10. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22569106

    • Recorded Lectures (please watch PRIOR to class):

      Access restricted to registered students

    • Directed Acyclic Graphs - Part 3 Media Resource

    • Session Slides:

    • Directed Acyclic Graphs - Part III File
    • Directed Acyclic Graphs - Part IV File
    • Directed Acyclic Graphs - Part IV with Answers to Exercises File
    • Directed Acyclic Graphs - All Parts File
    • Directed Acyclic Graphs - All Parts with Answers to Exercises File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (access restricted to registered students):

    • Class Recording - Week 3 - Part 1 Media Resource
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    • Class Recording - Week 3 - Part 1 - Transcript File
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    • Recording of 2021 DAGs Lecture Media Resource
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