Instrumental Variable

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Variable enabling causal inference despite confounding.

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Variable enabling causal inference despite confounding.

Keywords

causal identification

Domains

Causal AI & Interpretability

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What would have happened under different conditions.

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Probability of treatment assignment given covariates.

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