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Causal Inference in R: A book!
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Add table of estimands and when to use them #47

Closed malcolmbarrett closed 2 years ago

malcolmbarrett commented 2 years ago

Based on https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2106/2106.10577.pdf

malcolmbarrett commented 2 years ago

Looks like this is relevant to #41 @LucyMcGowan

malcolmbarrett commented 2 years ago

We should come up with corresponding questions in the disney data. Some targets won't make much sense but that's probably helpful to see. We should also include the related functions from matchit and propensity

malcolmbarrett commented 2 years ago

Ok, we have examples in the first part of the chapter. I also think we should have examples of what the question might be for the touringplans data (from Disney's perspective, as the ones who can set the intervention). Travis also suggests we talk about how, from the perspective of a rider, prediction modeling might be useful, connecting back to chapter 1

malcolmbarrett commented 2 years ago

ATO: There are probably days that will NEVER be EMH and somedays that always would