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The Effect is a book about research design and causal inference. How can we use data to learn about the world? How can we answer questions about whether X causes Y even if we can't run a randomized experiment? The book covers these things and plenty more. These videos are meant to accompany the book, although they can also be viewed on their own.
This video introduces the series and also lets us know why it's a good idea to carefully *design* our research, rather than just throwing a bunch of data in a blender and hitting a button. In fact, if you want to make sure that your analysis actually answers a question you're interested in, then it's vital!
This video relates to material found in Chapter 1 of the book.
A version of this video without background music can be found here: [ Ссылка ]
