Learner Reviews & Feedback for A Crash Course in Causality: Inferring Causal Effects from Observational Data by University of Pennsylvania
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WJ
Sep 12, 2021
Great introduction on the causal analysis.The instructor did a great job on explaining the topic in a logical and rigorous way. R codes are very relevant and helpful to digest the material as well.
MM
Dec 28, 2017
I really enjoyed this course, the pace could be more even in parts. Sometimes the pace could be more even and some more books/reference material for further study would be nice.
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By Seana G
鈥May 4, 2020
I really enjoyed this course. The pace was great for completing while also working. I found the lectures a good length and the worked examples were really useful, as were the data analysis assignments. I was able to apply the learning directly as a reviewer for a manuscript asked for matched analyses, so that was great. Highly recommend.
By Ayush T
鈥Jan 17, 2020
It's really the easiest way to approach Causality someone who is not from a pure Statistics background. The approach here is different from Judea Pearl's book and I think it's justified because this course was not only for computer science students. This course has changed my perspective on how to work with data.
By HEF
鈥Feb 19, 2019
The content is relaxing and easy to understand, yet extremely useful in real life when you are conducting experiments. The well designed quiz each week only takes a little time, but could help you to diagnose problems and remember the key points. I really love this course.
By Srinidhi M
鈥Sep 12, 2023
Excellent course. Builds a solid foundation from first principles. Should be a required course for anyone working as an applied statistician or data scientist. Most data science/ machine learning courses ignore causality altogether which is a real shame.
By Morbo
鈥Dec 28, 2017
I really enjoyed this course, the pace could be more even in parts. Sometimes the pace could be more even and some more books/reference material for further study would be nice.
By lorenzo c
鈥Apr 9, 2021
The course is very simply explained, definitely a great introduction to the subject. There are some missing links, but minor compared to overall usefulness of the course.
By Steven G
鈥Sep 29, 2020
The material is useful and well-presented by Prof. Roy. Although recipes are provided for solving relevant problems in R, more familiarity with R will be required for applying them. Students should be prepared to develop that familiarity on their own.
By Cesar Y
鈥Sep 1, 2020
Course is great for a general overview! That said, the discussion forums are poorly monitored and one of the exercise datasets needs to be updated. In any case, don't expect more from a 糖心vlog官网观看 course!
By coursera s
鈥Jan 9, 2025
Insufficient replies to student questions in discussion and following code and lectures didn't provide enough information to complete the programming assignment. I ended up guessing until I got through the assignment. pointless waste of time.
By William E
鈥Aug 7, 2024
I thought that this was really an excellent course. Although it was presented solely as lecture slides, the professor really took great care in presenting motivations for techniques and then the techniques themselves - as well as conceptual material (e.g., potential vs. actual outcomes, conditioning vs. setting, etc.) that were crucial to grasping the big picture. My only, minor, suggested tweak might be to possibly make the quizzes a little more challenging - perhaps by giving some numerical problems to solve. But overall, really just a great class.
By Florian C
鈥Oct 1, 2021
Coming from an economics background, I really enjoyed seeing how causal inference is being approached in a different field. While the methods used are generally the same, the motivation of these methods or the focus on certain tools and aspects sometimes appears to differ. That really gave me a new perspective on some of the methods in my causal inference toolkit. Good course!
By Mauricio M
鈥Oct 10, 2024
A very good course on causality, really gave solid foundations to tackle other causality methods, I like the fact that the instructor repeats, so as the student to not forget things or even correlate between topics, I wish there was another course showing how to use say Double ML or CasualForests, or in general the ins and outs of using EconML, CasualML and/or DoWhy. Thanks!
By seyed r m
鈥May 21, 2022
This course helped me secure a beachhead in the realm of Causal Inference. My background is in computer science and machine learning. I was struggling with all the terms used in Causal Inference. It is a fascinating topic and this course provides well connected, solid explanations of terms, theory and its application using R. Thank you.
By KOSSI D A
鈥Sep 24, 2024
A perfect course for starting with Causal inference. The course is full with many real world examples to help understand the concepts and applications. Not too mathematical and not too epidemiologic either which makes it perfect to understand an to follow. Thank you for such a nice introduction to causal inference.
By Amine M
鈥Jul 28, 2021
This course is excellent. The quiz helps to make sure you get the key assumptions and method ideas right, while the programming exercises ensure that you know how each method works and how they can be implemented either manually or by using some of the available statistical R packages for causal effect estimation.
By jo茫o h o
鈥Jun 16, 2024
A great course in causality! I strongly recommend it to someone seeking to understand the foundations and assumptions in causal effect estimation. The professor explains the material at a good and understandable pace. I wish we had a follow-up course with more advanced use cases and other projects.
By Anthony M
鈥Aug 26, 2021
This course does a fantastic job of balancing the theoretical and practical aspects of causal inference. Additionally, it takes the student through three very different techniques of causal inference that apply to common real-world situations in a relatively short course.
By Albert L
鈥Mar 26, 2023
One of the best courses I have taken on 糖心vlog官网观看. Dr. Jason Roy's knowledge is second to none.
His explanation of the course makes it so much easier to understand the concept. Wish more courses to be offered by him.
Great Job, I have learned and enjoyed the course so much!
By Oluwatosin M A
鈥Apr 16, 2022
This is an excellent course. I audited the because I wanted to learn more about marching and prospensity score and it was awesome. The explanation is quite easy to understand. I would recommend the course to anyone who wants to learn casual inference.
Enjoy
By Piyush J
鈥Apr 14, 2020
This course is a short one, but power-packed. It gives a different dimension of understanding the data, it's linkages and further extrapolations. Each word of Jason has to be heard properly as he continues to explain facts in a very lucid manner.
By Frank O
鈥Nov 21, 2021
This is a very good course to take if you want to get important causal inference methods concepts. Even though it has some math concepts, the Professor does a good job of introducing them really well for a beginner. I would strongly recommend!
By Vikram M
鈥May 31, 2019
Good introductory course. I wish there were more quizzes (at least another 2 more), testing our knowledge of various formulae for computing IPTW (inverse probability of treatment weights), ITT (intent to treat) and at least one more lab in R
By Vlad
鈥Apr 21, 2018
One of the best courses in 糖心vlog官网观看, Professor with lots of experience in a backpack show how to tackle very complex problem of causal inference. This is a topic every data analyst should know doesn't matter which industry you work or learn.
By Hugo E R R
鈥Jan 21, 2021
It is a very useful course that combines conceptual and technical aspects of Applied Causal Inference.
The presentations are very clear, the Examples and Exercises (R-coded) have been very useful for me to practice specific R-packages.