Closed malcolmbarrett closed 12 months ago
Possible tidbit to include: here's a proof with simple lm
showing how you can use a causally biased model to improve prediction performance (i.e. answers the question "wouldn't the best prediction model always be the precise causal model?" with the answer "no.").
Slide 10 here shows the relevant section from this paper
Description papers
Prediction papers
Causal Inference papers
Examples provided by Scott Cunningham
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