S5E8: Selection Bias: Colliders, Censoring, and Confusion

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Aug 12, 202649:36Science & Medicine

In this episode of SERious Epidemiology , Hailey and Matt are joined by Dr. Louisa Smith to discuss Chapter 8 of Causal Inference: What If on selection bias. The conversation explores how selection bias can arise through...

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