The causal revolution

Content for Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Readings

• The Taboo Against Explicit Causal Inference in Nonexperimental Psychology (Grosz, Rohrer, and Thoemmes 2020)
• Chapters 4-8 in The Effect (Huntington-Klein 2021)

Optional material

• Videos 6-18 from this playlist accompany Chapters 4-8 in The Effect.
• Chapter 3 in Impact Evaluation in Practice (Gertler et al. 2016)

Slides

On the day of class, you will find my slides on Canvas.

References

Gertler, Paul J., Sebastian Martinez, Patrick Premand, Laura B. Rawlings, and Christel M. J. Vermeersch. 2016. Impact Evaluation in Practice. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0779-4.

Grosz, Michael P., Julia M. Rohrer, and Felix Thoemmes. 2020. “The Taboo Against Explicit Causal Inference in Nonexperimental Psychology.” Perspectives on Psychological Science 15 (5): 1243–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620921521.

Huntington-Klein, Nick. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman and Hall / CRC. https://theeffectbook.net/.