Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE STATISTICAL MEASURES OF CAUSE AND CORRELATION

Department: First-Year Writing Intensive

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Statistics is traditionally concerned with correlation rather than saying anything about cause-and-effect. This class will examine recent work toward extending statistical methods to include formal inference about causal relationships. We will consider the historical development of the field as well as current applications of the methods.