S5E3: From Cashew Nuts to Counterfactuals

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Mar 15, 202655:33Science & Medicine

In this episode of SERious Epidemiology, Matt and Hailey welcome guest Dr. Peter Tennant to discuss chapters 2 and 3 of Causal Inference: What If. After learning about Peter’s late ‑discovered love of cashew nuts despite...

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