Outline of Class

• Asking the Right Question

• Correlation and Causality

• An Example to Illustrate Both Points

  • Review of Cross-tabs and Chi-squared

• Experimental vs. Observational Data

• Generalizability

• The most important thing in this course:

  • Correlation vs. causality
  • Goal: You will all spot correlation/causality confusion in its many guises

Previous slide

Next slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version